If you go into the Motherboard BIOS Id recommend you
disable all but the one COM port you are using.
Then Windows will see only that one com port.

Not all BIOS-ES are created equal.
Not all will let you be flexable.

Make any telephone modem always be COM3
for best compatability with legacy programs.

If you can fix things like com ports stable in your BIOS its the best way.
Disable everything you do not use.

Just a thought,
geoff

__________________________________________________________

Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)