<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">You will have a few COM ports that are written to the registry that<br>may not have been used in years yet still prevent the automatic <br>driver assignment. You can use Jim Mitchell's cabletest utility that<br>will read the list of COM ports and check for a cable. When it comes<br>upon an empty port it advises "invalid port" and that port can be over written<br>by a manual driver install. I've done it with many older programs that don't<br>address COM ports over 8 and I have a cable that got COM 9. Since I know<br>what ports my other equipment occupy I just install the driver and choose a <br>"invalid port" and tell the driver install to yes, use this port when it complains<br>if it's already in use. <br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div
style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Mike va3mw <va3mw@portcredit.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 10, 2014 12:24 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [chirp_users] Windows 8<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5398019032"><div><div style="">Here is how delete your old ports that are left over from other adapters. </div><div><ol><li><span style="">Click Start</span></li><li><span style="">Click Run</span></li><li><span style="">Type cmd.exe in the textbox and click OK</span></li><li><span style="">Type set
devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and hit ENTER</span></li><li><span style="">Type cd\windows\system32 and hit ENTER</span></li><li><span style="">Type start devmgmt.msc and hit ENTER</span></li><li><span style="">When the device manager opens, click the View menu</span></li><li><span style="">Click Show Hidden Devices</span></li><li><span style="">Click on the + sign next to the Ports to see the full list of Com ports being used</span></li><li><span style="">Highlight the port you wish to delete and then press delete</span></li></ol></div><div style="">Mike va3mw</div><div style=""><div class="yiv5398019032yqt2755905643" id="yiv5398019032yqtfd92856"><br clear="none">On Feb 10, 2014, at 12:00 AM, kc6iih <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kc6iih@aol.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:kc6iih@aol.com">kc6iih@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv5398019032yqt2755905643"
id="yiv5398019032yqtfd15687"><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite" style=""><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv5398019032yqt2755905643" id="yiv5398019032yqtfd46386"><div><div>The exclamation mark means you have a conflict. Fix your port settings.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Jock KC6IIH</div>Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone <br clear="none"><br clear="none">-------- Original message --------<br clear="none">From: Wes <br clear="none">Date:02/09/2014 7:56 PM (GMT-08:00) <br clear="none">To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a> <br clear="none">Subject: [chirp_users] Windows 8 <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">I used Chirp on my XP machine with a Boefeng UV-5R and on Kenwood D72.
I had no problems connecting until I went to Windows 8 Now when I use the cables and start with download from radio the box for the Com port does not comes up. Nothing happens. I check device manager and it shows an exclamation mark in the com port setting. Any suggestions<br clear="all">
<div><br clear="none"></div>-- <br clear="none">Wes<br clear="none">73's<br clear="none">KB9OIC
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