I am installing an image of windows on several machines. Some of the machines have 8420 serial boards, while others have the 8430 version. I let Windows install the driver automatically which always gets me COM3 through COM6. One of the Legacy programs that must run on the machine Wants COM7. The program uses Hyperterminal for communications so it needs to be operating system wide. There are two ways to satisfy this requirement. If the automatic driver install created ports COM5 through COM8, that would work. Or if could rename COM5 to COM7 without any user interaction that would work also. My program is running under the administrator account. I currently make the user open Measurement and Automation Explorer and change the binding of port3 to COM7. Can you help me?
