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Installing a legacy UPS
How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was
found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy |
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Installing a legacy UPS
Unfortunately, you don't. I am in the same boat.
The UPS still works and will carry you through brown outs and short black outs, it just will not shut down your computer gracefully when the battery has exhausted itself. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Andy" wrote in message ... How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy |
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Installing a legacy UPS
Did you you try installing it with its installer in Xp compatibility mode?
"Andy" wrote in message ... How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy |
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Installing a legacy UPS
You can't run device drivers (which this operation would require to talk to
the com port) in compatibility mode. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "JW" wrote in message ... Did you you try installing it with its installer in Xp compatibility mode? "Andy" wrote in message ... How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy |
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Installing a legacy UPS
"Rick Rogers" wrote in message ... You can't run device drivers (which this operation would require to talk to the com port) in compatibility mode. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "JW" wrote in message ... Did you you try installing it with its installer in Xp compatibility mode? "Andy" wrote in message ... How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy Cha-Ching! Hear the cash register ring! Yet another perfectly good piece of hardware that has to be replaced because of Vista. If the UPS works and protects the system why shouldn't the OS support it? |
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Installing a legacy UPS
I have installed some XP drivers using compatibility mode without any
problem for both my scanner and for my Tv Tuner. However, I could not do so before the RC2 release. "Rick Rogers" wrote in message ... You can't run device drivers (which this operation would require to talk to the com port) in compatibility mode. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "JW" wrote in message ... Did you you try installing it with its installer in Xp compatibility mode? "Andy" wrote in message ... How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy |
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Installing a legacy UPS
Suppose you'd like support for ISA boards and for it to run on a 386 as
well. Hardware progresses as does the OS, and not every legacy bit can be included, either because of conflicts, or because doing so would add to the bloat that everyone already complains of. Using a com port for the UPS is outmoded, just like using floppies to load the OS. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "emanon" wrote in message ... "Rick Rogers" wrote in message ... You can't run device drivers (which this operation would require to talk to the com port) in compatibility mode. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "JW" wrote in message ... Did you you try installing it with its installer in Xp compatibility mode? "Andy" wrote in message ... How do I install a legacy UPS which connects through COM1 In XP this was found under screensaver/power ... There is nothing like this in VISTA. Where is it hidden? Thanks Andy Cha-Ching! Hear the cash register ring! Yet another perfectly good piece of hardware that has to be replaced because of Vista. If the UPS works and protects the system why shouldn't the OS support it? |