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When trying to put into standby get the following.

The device driver for 'Communications Port [COM]' device is preventing the
machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again.
(doneO. If the problem persists you may need to update this driver. Can
anyone tell me how to update the driver or anything else to fix this
problem. Thanks LCP

"LeRoy Ploeger" <> wrote in message
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> When trying to put into standby get the following.
>
> The device driver for 'Communications Port [COM]' device is preventing
> the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try
> again. (doneO. If the problem persists you may need to update this driver.
> Can anyone tell me how to update the driver or anything else to fix this
> problem. Thanks LCP
>
The device connected to the COM port will be a modem or printer.
Any other error messages?
Any devices listed in device manager with probs?

"LeRoy Ploeger" <> wrote in message
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> When trying to put into standby get the following.
>
> The device driver for 'Communications Port [COM]' device is preventing
> the machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try
> again. (doneO. If the problem persists you may need to update this driver.
> Can anyone tell me how to update the driver or anything else to fix this
> problem. Thanks LCP
Have a look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...h_dmt_gmbd.asp

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:06:29 GMT, "LeRoy Ploeger"
<> wrote:

>When trying to put into standby get the following.
>
>The device driver for 'Communications Port [COM]' device is preventing the
>machine from entering standby. Please close all applications and try again.
>(doneO. If the problem persists you may need to update this driver. Can
>anyone tell me how to update the driver or anything else to fix this
>problem. Thanks LCP

This is.. what, the 3rd time you've asked? People have responded
before. See the replies to the other 3 threads.
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