I am running Windows 2000 on a very old Compaq somebody gave me. I've been having 
some problems with it, but usually they are common and can be solved with intelligence 
and Google. Please note I have spent many hours searching online to the best of my 
ability, to 
no avail.

For some reason, Windows cannot use the serial port. I have used the Add/Troubleshoot 
New Hardware wizard, and it says there are no drivers available. I have used the 
search options to try to get it to download the drivers. 

This does not work, and I get a message saying that there are no drivers to be found. 
I looked in the system folders-Serial.sys is there-and I can't identify the chipset. 

I have looked at the entire area around the serial port and  at the port itself, 
there are NO SIGNS TO IDENTIFY THE CHIPSET'S MANUFACTURER. Therefore, I cannot go 
to the manufacturer's site to see if there is some sort of driver there. 

This problem has me entirely stumped, and I would greatly appreciate it if somebody 
could help.

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