Hi Stan, Do not worry, just go for it, what's the worst that can happen?
;) Didier KO4BB Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless thingy while I do other things... -----Original Message----- From: "Stan, W1LE" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 08:24:28 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement<[email protected]> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] USB and Mouse conflict persists Hello Joop, Thanks for the pointer. I am slowly achieving the confidence to tackle my XP Pro registry. Stan, W1LE On 5/12/2011 4:12 AM, Joop wrote: > quote: [On the tab "Port Settings" click "Advanced" and in that window > uncheck the > box next to "Serial Enumerator"] > This is a feature of the FTDI driver. Not something generic. > > What worked for me was to disable (postpone actually) the Windows PnP > device enumerator for a serial device. It works for hardware serial > ports as well as the USBtoRS232 converters. > This can be done with a registry patch which adds the > "Skipenumerations" registry entry. Setting this to a big value skips > the possible detection of any device (such as a serial mouse) on a COM > port. > Search the net for details. E.g. here : > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283063 > > Lots of the USBtoRS232 converters do not contain EEPROM to store a > unique serial number. Without it Windows cannot be sure you unplugged > the same device as you re-plugged in another USB port. Its behaviour > is to assign it a new COM port number. Re-plugging the converter in > the original USB port should bring back the same COM port number. > You will need to patch the registry again if a new COM port number is > assigned. If you want to avoid this, look for USBtoRS232 converters > that have the option to program a USB serial number (like the FTDI > FT232R based ones) > > Joop - pe1cqp > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
