Mike,
We sorta went thru this with a sound card and modem.  We
disabled com1 and com2 in cmos.  They work fine now.
Disclaimer on :  I am not saying it will work for you.  Disclaimer off:
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Adams <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:22 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] Reflections or Windows Problem?


> I recently had to change the configuration of a workstation: The ISA
> expansion card holding 2 DB-9 serial ports went bad. One of these ports
was
> used for the serial connection to the HP3000. I removed the card, removed
> all the COM ports in Windows Device Manager, and re-started the computer.
> Windows successfully detected the remaining 2 COM ports (one built-in DB-9
> serial port and 1 modem connection). COM1 is the DB-9 serial port and it
is
> now used on that workstation for the serial connection to the HP3000.
COM2,
> of course, is the modem. All seemed well until the next day (yesterday).
> When Reflections was started (It is now set-up to initialize COM1 at 9600
> baud) it shows an error message, "The selected port is already open or in
> use by another program". My workaround to this was to AGAIN remove the COM
> port and re-start Windows. Windows detects the COM port, and then
> Reflections starts with no problems (no more error message). Is there a
> permanent fix to this, so that I no longer have to remove COM1 and restart
> every morning? What could be causing the COM1 port to be "already open"?
> I tried Ctrl+Alt+Del and closing all open programs except Systray and
> Explorer.
>
> Help!!!
>
> Michael T. Adams
> Network Administrator
> DuPont Beaumont Federal Credit Union
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