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select Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager. Or
save some clicks by creating a shortcut to the file devmgmt.msc in Win-
dows\System32.
To view a COM port in the Device Manager, click Ports (COM & LPT),
right-click a COM port, and select Properties. The Properties window has sev-
eral tabs that display the port’s property pages. A vendor-provided co-installer
can supply custom property pages for vendor-specific device properties. The
pages shown below are typical.The General tab has basic information about the port.