> That said, anybody know of a "back door" sort of way to push > a device to > another virtual port? COM3 doesn't exist in the system, and > if there is > somewhere in the registry where I can change this it would be great! > Thanks, TTYL Google is the backdoor to everything. On XP: go to device manager, select the port, properties, advanced, and set the port. Related: does anyone know how to delete an USB-to-serial driver for a converter that is not present (I don't haev it around any more), an with a driver that does not show in 'installed programs'? Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics