Startup order of Device Drivers Problem

[chillari]

I have a problem with NT4 with a PCI serial adaptor & a touch screen that is plugged into COM 4 on the serial card. It seems that when the system boots it looks for the com 4 to install the touch driver before the serial card is loaded. Event view confirms this with a message somthing along the lines of missing com port. After boot up I can go into control pannel- devices & start the touch screen manually & it works but this is not viable for me. Is there a way of forcing NT to boot the serial drivers before the touch drivers.

 

[mattjurado]

Have you contacted the manufacturer of the serial port expansion card? That's where I would look for a solution.

Matt J.

Please always take the time to backup any and all data before performing any actions suggested for ANY problem, regardless of how minor a change it might seem. Also test the backup to make sure it is intact.

 

[F1lby]

You could try creating a batch file with the NET START command to manually start the service after everything else comes up.
As long as the machine is logged on at the console, the batch file could be put in to startup to enable the service after everything else has started.

Not ideal, not a fix but a possible workaround....