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ports not visible in device manager

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glg1

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Nov 19, 2005
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Hi all,
a friend of mine has a problem...
his XP laptop is no longer responding to either USB or serial inputs. When I had him look at the device driver - to my surprize no ports (LPT or COM) The laptop has two USB ports and I know it has com ports - as I've configured them in the past.
any ideas?
 
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Check the bios. some bios settings allow you to dissable these ports at the hardware level.


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