Old DOS program wants COM port
Sunday, September 9, 2001 at 7:29 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mark Chatterton
(1 messages posted)
What happened to the ability to start the computer
in "DOS mode" when running Windows-2000?
I have an old DOS program that wants to use its own
COM port driver to communicate with a special medical
device connected to COM1. Under Windows-95/98, I'd
restart the computer in DOS mode, and the program
would run fine. Under Windows-2000, though, there is
no DOS mode! The program can't communicate with
the serial device connected to COM1 (presumably
because of conflict with the Windows COM driver).
Here's what I've tried:
- Used "Device Manger" to disable COM1.
I think this completely turned off COM1, so the
program was really screwed.
- Used "Add/Remove Hardware" on Control Panel
to uninstall the COM driver. No luck.
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