Device Driver Ports Strangeness

This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that.

I'm trying to determine the port # of a drive I remove. In particular, a
camera device.

Ports(COM & LPT)
Comport (COM1)
Intel($) Active ...SOL(COM3)
Keyspan USB Serial Port(COM4)
Printer Port(LPT1)
Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port(COM6)
USB Serial Port (COM5)

On 1/2/2015 12:01 PM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2015-01-02 1:48 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that. [...]

W7 and later keep a list of all current peripherals, ie, those that
are/were plugged in. If you plug in a new device the list will be
updated. If you plug a device in a different port, same thing, but
Windows may see it as "new", and go through the "preparing device for
use" thing all over again.

HTH

So if I take a device offline and reboot, then I won't see it in the list?

On 1/2/2015 1:12 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:59:43 -0800, "W. eWatson"
wrote:

On 1/2/2015 12:01 PM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2015-01-02 1:48 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that. [...]

W7 and later keep a list of all current peripherals, ie, those that
are/were plugged in. If you plug in a new device the list will be
updated. If you plug a device in a different port, same thing, but
Windows may see it as "new", and go through the "preparing device for
use" thing all over again.

HTH

So if I take a device offline and reboot, then I won't see it in the list?

UsbView

http://www.nirsoft.net/


KenW

Should I be looking for something there? Category?

On 1/2/2015 2:40 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:38:42 -0800, "W. eWatson"
wrote:

On 1/2/2015 1:12 PM, Ken1943 wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:59:43 -0800, "W. eWatson"
wrote:

On 1/2/2015 12:01 PM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2015-01-02 1:48 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that. [...]

W7 and later keep a list of all current peripherals, ie, those that
are/were plugged in. If you plug in a new device the list will be
updated. If you plug a device in a different port, same thing, but
Windows may see it as "new", and go through the "preparing device for
use" thing all over again.

HTH

So if I take a device offline and reboot, then I won't see it in the list?

UsbView

http://www.nirsoft.net/


KenW

Should I be looking for something there? Category?

USBview is the program.


KenW

It doesn't exist.

....

So if I take a device offline and reboot, then I won't see it in
the list?

UsbView

http://www.nirsoft.net/


KenW

Should I be looking for something there? Category?

USBview is the program.


KenW

It doesn't exist.
BTW, my idea of rebooting did not work. All six ports stayed in position.

On 02 Jan 2015, "W. eWatson" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

http://www.nirsoft.net/

KenW

Should I be looking for something there? Category?

USBview is the program.

It doesn't exist.

No, it doesn't. KenW made a typo. But all you had to do was to enter
the incorrect name in the search box and it would, within about one
second, find the correct name, "USBDeview".

On 02 Jan 2015, Ken1943 wrote
in alt.windows7.general:

I looked at the folder I extracted it to and not the programs.
Another one for the old fart !!

You all but handed it to him personally. All he had to do was expend
the tiniest iota of effort.

On 1/2/2015 5:48 PM, Nil wrote:
On 02 Jan 2015, "W. eWatson" wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

http://www.nirsoft.net/

KenW

Should I be looking for something there? Category?

USBview is the program.

It doesn't exist.

No, it doesn't. KenW made a typo. But all you had to do was to enter
the incorrect name in the search box and it would, within about one
second, find the correct name, "USBDeview".

Got it. Thanks.

On 1/2/2015 5:57 PM, Nil wrote:
On 02 Jan 2015, Ken1943 wrote
in alt.windows7.general:

I looked at the folder I extracted it to and not the programs.
Another one for the old fart !!

You all but handed it to him personally. All he had to do was expend
the tiniest iota of effort.

I use Ctrl-F to find things. It opens a window at the bottom of the msg,
and you just enter what you are looking for.

W. eWatson wrote:
This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that.

I'm trying to determine the port # of a drive I remove. In particular, a
camera device.

Ports(COM & LPT)
Comport (COM1)
Intel($) Active ...SOL(COM3)
Keyspan USB Serial Port(COM4)
Printer Port(LPT1)
Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port(COM6)
USB Serial Port (COM5)

You plug your camera device into serial (COM) port instead of USB port ?

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

W. eWatson wrote:

Wolf K wrote:

W. eWatson wrote:

This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that. [...]

W7 and later keep a list of all current peripherals, ie, those that
are/were plugged in

So if I take a device offline and reboot, then I won't see it in the list?

COM: and LPT: ports will have nothing to do with USB cameras

W. eWatson wrote:

Ken1943 wrote:

"W. eWatson" wrote:

Ken1943 wrote:

UsbView
http://www.nirsoft.net/

Should I be looking for something there? Category?

USBview is the program.

It doesn't exist.

It's listed on the page Ken linked to

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:57:58 -0500, Nil wrote:

On 02 Jan 2015, Ken1943 wrote
in alt.windows7.general:

I looked at the folder I extracted it to and not the programs.
Another one for the old fart !!

You all but handed it to him personally. All he had to do was expend
the tiniest iota of effort.

Is that more or less than a scintilla? :-)

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On 03 Jan 2015, Stan Brown wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:57:58 -0500, Nil wrote:

You all but handed it to him personally. All he had to do was
expend the tiniest iota of effort.

Is that more or less than a scintilla? :-)

It's one smidge more.

On Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:25:58 -0700, "...winston‫" wrote:

W. eWatson wrote:
This is odd. Ports(COM & LPT) has 6 ports. COM1, COM3, COM 4, LPT1,
COM6, COM5. If, say, I remove a device, then no ports are removed from
the list. What's up with that.

I'm trying to determine the port # of a drive I remove. In particular, a
camera device.

Ports(COM & LPT)
Comport (COM1)
Intel($) Active ...SOL(COM3)
Keyspan USB Serial Port(COM4)
Printer Port(LPT1)
Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port(COM6)
USB Serial Port (COM5)

You plug your camera device into serial (COM) port instead of USB port ?

Windows does some funny labeling around ports; I am pretty sure (but
100%) that I have seen USB ports labeled as COMx.

This is not the same: I also just installed a driver for some software
that drives a device that requires a USB to COM port driver. It's an OBD
device that seems to incorporate a USB to RS232 chip.

I've seen the same on software-defined radios as well.

I'm pretty much unqualified to comment any further on that stuff,
however :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)