Installing a legacy UPS

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Andy

How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1> In XP this was
found under screensaver/power ...

There is nothing like this in VISTA.

Where is it hidden?

Thanks

Andy
 
Unfortunately, you don't. I am in the same boat.

The UPS still works and will carry you through brown outs and short black
outs, it just will not shut down your computer gracefully when the battery
has exhausted itself.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
You can't run device drivers (which this operation would require to talk to
the com port) in compatibility mode.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Rick Rogers said:
You can't run device drivers (which this operation would require to talk
to the com port) in compatibility mode.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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Cha-Ching! Hear the cash register ring!

Yet another perfectly good piece of hardware that has to be replaced because
of Vista. If the UPS works and protects the system why shouldn't the OS
support it?
 
I have installed some XP drivers using compatibility mode without any
problem for both my scanner and for my Tv Tuner. However, I could not do so
before the RC2 release.
 
Suppose you'd like support for ISA boards and for it to run on a 386 as
well. Hardware progresses as does the OS, and not every legacy bit can be
included, either because of conflicts, or because doing so would add to the
bloat that everyone already complains of. Using a com port for the UPS is
outmoded, just like using floppies to load the OS.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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