old laptop problem

woolyt22 · Nov 6, 2009

i have an old laptop with 98 on it and for some reason the serial port has moved to com port 5 and i need it on 1,2,3,or 4 for some programs that i have .
how can i get it back to one of those com ports ? 98 does not have the advanced button to asign the serial port a new com port . please help

thanks

barononeefdip · Nov 7, 2009

install linux all the hardware drivers are already in the kernel, as for windows 98 you have to provide drives manually and i have no great experiences doing this its just a waste of precious time just think about trying linux

what do you use this machine for

plodr · Nov 7, 2009

Although this mentions modems, if you scroll down it talks about resource conflicts and below this, how to change the settings.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190554

Open control panel, then system. Select the device manager tab and scroll down to Ports: COM & LPT."Click the plus sign to expand it and it will show all of the currently detected serial devices. Double-click on COM5 item to open the properties and see if you can change the COM port there.

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