6/13/2023 0 Comments Lpt1 virtual port windows 10![]() Just like "C:" is a drive while "C" is a file in the current folder. The main one is that the host device name is "COM2:", not "COM2" - a filename without a colon is the name of an ordinary file in your current folder. Ok, you had a number of things which was incorrect. Perhaps I could get round the problem by installing a PCI card with onboard serial ports but I don't understand why a port shown in Windows 8.1 is shown as a serial port and yet is shown as LPT1 in the virtual box windows XP.Īny help would be appreciated. As I wish to use some software that only works with windows XP and needs a serial port ( the very reason why I wish to use Virtualbox) I am unable to proceed. ![]() When I use virtualbox windows XP and go to Device manager under " Com and LPT" the same port is shown as LPT1. If you look in device manager in Windows 8.1 it comes up as Com port 1 as it should. ![]() Plugged into a Serial port socket on my motherboard is a serial port which I use with a device I have when using Windows 8.1 and it works fine. Using Virtualbox I have installed 32 Windows XP on my 64 bit Windows 8.1 machine and it appears to be working fine except for the following. I am not sure if my following question is pertinent to this forum or a Windows Forum but am posting here incase someone knows the answer.
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