Found the latest drivers but that allowed the thing to be "seen" but did not restore the monitoring function ...found on nokia website forum a guy who explained and listed clearly all the files required to do that ...one was missing ...fished it offa the cab from xp install and put it on ...voila, fixed ...and for my 5 hours of work, avoided the DREADED REPAIR INSTALL OF DEATH and the concomitant royal mess that creates usually ...I love google but find it usually is worthwhile skipping down a few pages to where the real meat is hidden...
-----Original Message----- I have an ActiSys ACT-IR4000US USB IR port that doesn't work anymore. I have WinXPsp2 up to date and the latest drivers for the device (not the native WinXP ones the manufacturer says will NOT work). WinXP device manager showed a "bang" under hidden devices titled "IRDA Protocol" which I uninstalled there. Upon reboot, no problem, but the IRDA device doesn't show up as a port. I don't find ircomm.sys anywhere. Is there a fix for this or do I hafta do a "repair install" of XP which is a pain and often leads to other problems afterwards...?? ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
