Is anyone out there using one of these adapters on XP? If so, do you experience the same problems? I've read that XP does not permit direct access to ports, and that even if I had a REAL serial port on this machine I wouldn't be able to access it with an OPEN COM() statement. This time I get a "DEVICE FAULT" (ERROR CODE 25). Interestingly enough a short TSR program using "SHELL" & "MODE" returns the port parameters ok (so DOS sees the port) but it also generates an error on the OPEN COM() line. My COMM programs are kicking back a "DEVICE TIME OUT"- (ERROR CODE 24) on the OPEN COM line.
I thought I was all set to go in QB and that QB would also recognize the port. Windows recognized it as a serial port and the connection went off without a hitch. I assigned it to COM1 in the Device Manager and attempted a Hyper Terminal connection through one of my old Hayes modems. I just installed a Belkin (F5U109) USB to Serial adapter on my XP laptop which has no serial ports.
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