VPC Serial Port Access -was it changed like the parallel port in SP1?
Sent: 10/17/2004 From: “Ben Armstrong [MSFT]” <(email address - cut out)> Message: Hi Clinton, Virtual PC has always required exclusive access to the serial port and this has not been changed in VPC SP1. We actually did take a fix in VPC SP1 specifically for external modems that may help out here. — Cheers, Benjamin Armstrong ====================== Virtual PC Program Manager This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use. Xepol wrote: Show quoted text > The reason I ask that I have an old Microsoft 900Mhz > phone that needs to run under 95 due to the version of > Outlook Express required to work correctly, but in a pre- > sp1, the phone would install, but would never be > accessible by the phone software itself, and the phone is > mostly run by the computer itself (at least all the > truely useful bells and whistles) > > So I’m wondering if the serial port access wasn’t > exclusive in the same way that the parallel port acc
