Yes, the APC software should work.
It's Vista's built-in power management that won't work with serial ports.
"John" <noaddress@noaddress.invalid> wrote in message
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> "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.)
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>> Michael
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> Not necessarily true.
> My Vista 64 installation recognizes my APC Smart-UPS 1400,
> which uses a serial port, via the APC software just fine.
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