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MiguelSanchez · 01-29-06, 01:00 AM

Thanks for the tip on USB syncing - I'm too afraid to try anything now and lose my BT syncing but I will definitely keep that in mind if I need the USB later.

I used to have a lot of COM ports taken up as well. I was eventually able to clear some of them up when I found out that some COM ports were reserved for modems that were no longer (or never were) in use. There is a setting in the Device Manager to show hidden devices. Make sure you check for hidden modems as well as COM ports. Once I removed the modems that were taking up COM 7/8 and I fiddled with the BT drivers, I got BT communications ports listed under those port numbers.

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MiguelSanchez Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 26 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the tip on USB syncing - I'm too afraid to try anything now and lose my BT syncing but I will definitely keep that in mind if I need the USB later. I used to have a lot of COM ports taken up as well. I was eventually able to clear some of them up when I found out that some COM ports were reserved for modems that were no longer (or never were) in use. There is a setting in the Device Manager to show hidden devices. Make sure you check for hidden modems as well as COM ports. Once I removed the modems that were taking up COM 7/8 and I fiddled with the BT drivers, I got BT communications ports listed under those port numbers.