Com Port

[JackCarver]

Guys anybody know of a way to reset a comm port without reboot?

Its a USB-serial com port.

My porgam connects fine grabs the info but after a while the port becomes locked. even if the program is closed. Only option is reboot! This is on server 2003.. Was thinking maybe a batch file killing the USB?

Anybody have any suggestions or commands?

 

[RobH]

It sounds like the program isn't correctly releasing control of the COM port, it is a program you have written?

 

[SourChipmunk]

You can try restarting the Server Service (any file/print resources you have will be temporarily unavailble), and also task kill explorer.exe (it will automatically restart). But as RobH said, there's some buggy software somewhere.

Which SP are you running? Do you have all the MS patches installed?