Extra Serial Port Displayed in Device Manager
Article ID: 158845
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q158845
SYMPTOMS
When you are using Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 or 2.1, you may see an
extra communications port in Device Manager. There is an exclamation point
in a yellow circle next to the port. If you remove the port, it is added
again the next time you restart your computer.
CAUSE
The computer's Plug and Play BIOS may be incorrectly reporting that the
COM ports are not using resources though they were detected during Setup.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: 95 pnp
Keywords: KB158845