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    COM port fiasco

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Rickh, Mar 18, 2008.

  1. Rickh

    Rickh Notebook Consultant

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    Well trying to get my bluetooth to connect with my phone, no luck yet...
    Not sure what I did but now in some applications I am seeing COM ports out the wyzoooo, I mean 100+!
    I think between the Bluetooth software and the phone software I ned to to just unintall all of it and start over.
    I never knew XP could support so many COMs!
    Rick H...
     
    Rickh, Mar 18, 2008
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  2. pappy42

    pappy42 Notebook Evangelist

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    Man, that's got to be a record!
     
    pappy42, Mar 18, 2008
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That doesn't sound right. XP only uses between 4-8 com ports...ever. Reinstall!
     
    Greg, Mar 18, 2008
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  4. Toughbook

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    Normal laptops will show like Com 1-5 maybe... Bluetooth can add another 10-20 ports... But that is about it. If you seriously have 100+... You should uninstall your BT software and reboot... If you are still seeing too many... Start uninstalling Com ports and see if they come back after reboot. You wil probably also need to remove the BT card or disable it in the BIOS when doing the uninstalls.

    Then reinstall everything.
     
    Toughbook, Mar 18, 2008
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  5. Rickh

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    Yes I was gong to "Roll Back" everything and try again.
    Rick H...
     
    Rickh, Mar 18, 2008
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