You may have a dialer hiding on your computer -- Normally it should be
detected by Norton Internet Security if you have the latest virus database,
however, it can be also a very new one.

Tamas



On 1/18/07, John Pfaff <jpfaff1528@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I haven't tried safe mode yet.  That will probably let me use it, but
> will I be able to figure out what is using it when it's not in safe mode?
> I have tried disabling the port in device manager, but nothing complained.
> I also tried installing another serial port, a USB device that became
> COM4.  I couldn't believe it when I tried to open COM4 with Hyper
> Terminal, it gave me the same error message (telephony device is in use).
>
> Richard Prosser wrote:
> > Have you tried running in safe mode?
> > Normally if this happens to me I just restart  and it comes right.
> > Have you tried looking at device manager and disabling the port and
> > seeing if anything objects?
> > RP
> >
> > On 18/01/07, John Pfaff <jpfaff1528@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I've looked all over, and can't find the answer on my own, so I'm
> asking
> >> the smartest bunch of people I know.
> >> I'm using Windows XP, and can't use one of the serial ports.  I'm
> trying
> >> to install a drawing tablet that uses the serial port, but now matter
> >> what I try (Hyper Terminal, Tera Term, PortMon, other programs that use
> >> the serial port), nothing can use it.  The error message I get says
> that
> >> something else is using the telephony device.  Is there any way I can
> >> tell what process is using the serial port?  I've tried
> Googling.  About
> >> the closest thing I've found is a Microsoft utility called PortMon, but
> >> even that can't attach to the serial port and won't/can't tell me what
> >> is using it.
> >> I don't know if the serial port has ever worked properly on this PC.
> >> I've checked BIOS settings for the port.  Is there any possibility that
> >> Norton Internet Security is doing something?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> John Pfaff
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