"Michael" <mexxwalraven@verson.net> wrote in message
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> Vista will not use a com port for a UPS. (XP would)
> You will need to get a UPS that uses USB.
> (been there done that grrrr.)
>
> Michael
Not necessarily true.
My Vista 64 installation recognizes my APC Smart-UPS 1400,
which uses a serial port, via the APC software just fine.