windows xp sp2 compatibility problem

[Guest]

I would like to find a solution to a compatibility problem with a serial
port-based communications application and Windows XP SP2. It works on PCs
running Windows XP SP1 and Windows 98 but will not transmit or receive on XP
once SP2 is installed.

 

[FeMaster]

I would like to find a solution to a compatibility problem with a serial
port-based communications application and Windows XP SP2. It works on PCs
running Windows XP SP1 and Windows 98 but will not transmit or receive on XP
once SP2 is installed.

Look, another one of MS's 'features' of their Dis-"Service Pack"...
Yet another reason why I won't download it... Sorry, some little "SPYWARE
scanner isn't worth all the troubles, when there are other free ones out
there that don't require me to screw up my computer for them to work..

 

[Bill Sanderson]

If you are the developer of this application, or a manager for whom this
application is a crucial business tool, this link:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows/appcompatibility/default.mspx

may help. I'm not at all sure it will help you make the app work--but it
should identify what changes that SP2 has made are interfering with the
functionality, and you can consider the risk/benefit ration of reversing
those specfic changes.