Also there are couple of threats that uses the name RUND1L.EXE but when zou see it lowercase sometimes not so easy to spot the difference... Tamas On 1/19/07, Timothy J. Weber wrote: > > I thought rundll32 was a Windows bridge for running DLLs as separate > processes. Sometimes it's used as a means to execute drivers, I *think*. > > So the question is, what was the DLL that it was loading, and what was > *that* doing with the serial port? > > Mauricio Giovagnini wrote: > > Weird! > > > > I wonder what was runll32.exe doing with the serial port.... > > > > > > > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > > De: John Pfaff > > Para: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > > Enviado: viernes 19 de enero de 2007, 1:20:00 > > Asunto: Re: [EE] PC Serial Port - The Answer > > > > NTFiles did the trick. rundll32.exe was the culprit. I stopped the > > process, installed the driver (the serial was now unused), and now the > > tablet works just fine. I can even reboot the computer and when it > > comes back up the tablet still works. > > > > Thanks everybody for your suggestions! I knew this was the right place > > to ask. Too bad I didn't think of it a month ago :( > > > > John Pfaff wrote: > >> I'm using the tablet on another PC, one that doesn't have this serial > >> port problem. > >> > >> Paul Hutchinson wrote: > >> > >>> Before you spend too much time trying to get the serial port working, > have a > >>> look at the release notes for your particular Wacom tablets XP driver. > >>> > >>> A couple months ago I went through the hassle of getting a serial port > >>> installed on a new PC for an old Wacom tablet. Then I discovered that > my old > >>> serial Wacom tablet is not supported under Win XP SP2, it was in the > release > >>> notes, that I hadn't read, doh. Had to swap it with the USB tablet on > my > >>> Win2K PC (the Win2K Wacom driver did work with my serial tablet). > >>> > >>> Paul > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu > >>>> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of John Pfaff > >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:14 PM > >>>> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > >>>> Subject: 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. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > Timothy J. Weber > http://timothyweber.org > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist