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Configuring the COM1 serial port in a Windows 2000 guest operating system
To map the COM1 serial
port in your Windows 2000 virtual machine to a physical port on your host
machine:
- Select
File > Open and open the virtual machine configuration file
(.cfg) you
want to modify.
- Add a serial port device to the virtual machine
using the Configuration Editor.
- Power
on the virtual machine.
- After
the Windows 2000 guest operating system starts and you are logged in, right
click the My Computer icon on the desktop, then select Manage.
The "Computer Management" window opens.
- Expand
the "System Tools" tree, then select Device Manager.
- Expand
the "Ports" tree. If device list shows only non-working COM5 and COM6 ports,
please continue to the next step. If it shows six COM ports, please skip to
step 15.
- Uninstall
the COM5 and COM6 ports by selecting the port, right-clicking and selecting Uninstall.
After you delete the last port, you are prompted to reboot the virtual machine.
Click Yes.
- When
the virtual machine reboots, and you are logged in, open the "Control Panel"
and double-click Add/Remove Hardware. The "Add/Remote Hardware Wizard"
starts. Click Next.
- Select
the Add/Troubleshoot a device option and click Next.
- Select Add a New Device and
click Next.
- Select the "Yes, search for
new hardware" option and click Next.
- The wizard should detect four COM ports.
Click Next.
- Click Finish to close the
wizard, then restart the guest operating system when prompted.
- Open the Device Manager again.
Expand the "Ports" tree. You should see six COM ports (COM1 through COM6).
- Select COM3, right click and
select Uninstall. Click OK to confirm the removal of the COM3
port. Repeat this step for COM2 and COM4.
- Now COM1 should show as configured.
If not, just shut down and restart the guest operating system. You do not need
to remove the COM5 and COM6 ports.
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