Win2K startup scanning Com ports

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On start up of Win2K it scans the available ports for a
mouse. Unfortuanately I have a GPS spewing data into com1
which causes problems, both for the os and for the
applications that wants to use the GPS data..

So the question is how do you prevent Win2k from scanning
the com ports vice the PS-2 or USB ports.
 
To stop Windows 2000 from polling the com ports for serial mice, Add the
/NoSerialMice switch to the startup option in your boot.ini Something like;

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt="Microsoft Windows" /fastdetect
/noserialmice

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| On start up of Win2K it scans the available ports for a
| mouse. Unfortuanately I have a GPS spewing data into com1
| which causes problems, both for the os and for the
| applications that wants to use the GPS data..
|
| So the question is how do you prevent Win2k from scanning
| the com ports vice the PS-2 or USB ports.
 
May I add a related aspect of the subject:

Eversince Win95, through NT, Win2K, and now with Windows
Server 2003, Microsoft keep warning that, during Setup,
you should "Disconnect the serial cable to any serial port
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. UPS equipment
can interfere with the setup programs ability to detect
devices connected to serial ports."

But there appears to be an alternative method, easily
accomplished when using unattended setup:

In the file txtsetup.sif in the \I386 folder, in the
section [SetupData], add "/NoSerialMice" to the existing
OsLoadOptions switches "/fastdetect /noguiboot /nodebug".
These are the same switches that control regular boot in
the boot.ini file.

I hope someone can assure that this will work, based on
experience.
 
Thanks all for the help!!!
-----Original Message-----
May I add a related aspect of the subject:

Eversince Win95, through NT, Win2K, and now with Windows
Server 2003, Microsoft keep warning that, during Setup,
you should "Disconnect the serial cable to any serial port
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices. UPS equipment
can interfere with the setup programs ability to detect
devices connected to serial ports."

But there appears to be an alternative method, easily
accomplished when using unattended setup:

In the file txtsetup.sif in the \I386 folder, in the
section [SetupData], add "/NoSerialMice" to the existing
OsLoadOptions switches "/fastdetect /noguiboot /nodebug".
These are the same switches that control regular boot in
the boot.ini file.

I hope someone can assure that this will work, based on
experience.

-----Original Message-----
To stop Windows 2000 from polling the com ports for serial mice, Add the
/NoSerialMice switch to the startup option in your boot.ini Something like;

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\winnt="Microsoft Windows" /fastdetect
/noserialmice

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| On start up of Win2K it scans the available ports for a
| mouse. Unfortuanately I have a GPS spewing data into com1
| which causes problems, both for the os and for the
| applications that wants to use the GPS data..
|
| So the question is how do you prevent Win2k from scanning
| the com ports vice the PS-2 or USB ports.


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