NTFiles let you do a search. Perhaps doing a search looking for "Serial" w= ill show you the information that you need. ----- Mensaje original ---- De: John Pfaff Para: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Enviado: jueves 18 de enero de 2007, 15:13:49 Asunto: Re: [EE] PC Serial Port I haven't installed the Wacom driver (not for lack of trying), or = connected the tablet. The setup program won't install the driver = because the serial port is in use. My problem is determining what has = the serial port locked up and freeing it. Carl Denk wrote: > Most tablest have their own driver, since in general they are low = > production things that don't warrant a built in windows driver, check = > with the manufacturer. This is something the Autocad community is well = > aware of, might look there. > > Tony Smith 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 >>> = >>> = >> Check under device manager to see if you even have a serial port. Disab= le >> the port, reboot and see if anything complains. Or delete it and let >> Windows fix it up. >> >> Could be an application like Nero, Quicktime etc trying to connect to the >> net to 'check for upgrades' or whatever the hell it is that they do. >> Occasionally you get a dumb one that tries to fire up the dial-up >> connection. I had this happen a few weeks ago. The dial-up connection >> dialog remained hidden, so it was bit hard to figure out. (This person = used >> dial-up to connect to the net, so that aws broken.) >> >> I used MSCONFIG to disable anything under StartUp that I didn't like. >> >> Tony >> >> = >> = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist = = = __________________________________________________ = Pregunt=E1. Respond=E9. Descubr=ED. = Todo lo que quer=EDas saber, y lo que ni imaginabas, = est=E1 en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta). = =A1Probalo ya! = http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas = -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist