Number of COM PORTS installed and which are in use ?

[Guest Gene]

Am using a Dell PC with Windowns XP & SP 2. How do I go about finding the

number of COM PORTS on my PC ? and which ones are in use ? and which are not

in use ?

 

Gene B

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Number of COM PORTS installed and which are in use ?

 

Control Panel, ( Classic View ) System, Hardware (Tab), Device

Manager (Button). Expand the Ports category.

If it's a recent ( <2Yrs) PC it likely only has a single physical Serial

or COM port. There is a difference between physical Serial ports

and multiplexed ones.

 

"Gene" <Gene@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F27A7351-2034-4DB8-870E-4B796EAB462D@microsoft.com...

> Am using a Dell PC with Windowns XP & SP 2. How do I go about finding the

> number of COM PORTS on my PC ? and which ones are in use ? and which are

> not

> in use ?

>

> Gene B

[Guest JS]

Re: Number of COM PORTS installed and which are in use ?

 

Portmon for Windows

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/portmon.mspx

 

Haven't used it but it may be what you are looking for.

 

JS

 

"Gene" <Gene@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:F27A7351-2034-4DB8-870E-4B796EAB462D@microsoft.com...

> Am using a Dell PC with Windowns XP & SP 2. How do I go about finding the

> number of COM PORTS on my PC ? and which ones are in use ? and which are

> not

> in use ?

>

> Gene B