[WriteLog] Re: CW keying on LPT1 with XP Pro

[Jerry Flanders]

You have to also manually specify the port address (just before the "you're 
done" step). The instructions at:

http://www.writelog.com/support/lpt_port_support_on_windows_nt.htm

Cover it.

Jerry W4UK

At 00:56 2/4/2005, you wrote:
>I find it amazing that so many continue to have trouble with WL and LPT
>since there has been so much publicity about UserPort.
>
>I totally agree with Bob N5NJ.
>
>To re-iterate AGAIN (because obviously some folks need it):
> >
> >>>    To install and use Userport:
> >
> >> > > here's all you need to do:
> >> > >
> >> > > Unzip the Userport.zip file.
> >> > > Copy UserPort.SYS to C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
> >> > > copy UserPort.exe to your desktop.
> >> > > Double Click UserPort.EXE and click on the start button.
> >> > > You're done!
> >
>
>After you do that ONCE, you can delete the EXE from your desktop and never
>have to worry about it again... until your disk crashes and you re-install
>Windoze. LPT will work in harmony with Writelog and all other programs.
>You can argue that XP should have been made this way in the first place,
>or Writelog should have been been able to work anyway, but who cares?
>This is a small price to pay for an imperfect world.
>
>That said, I handle a lot of technical trouble calls .. so I know that
>undoubtedly there are wierd situations where UserPort may not solve this
>problem. Murphy is alive, well, and hiding in your closet. However, after
>installing Userport on several W2k and XP machines of various manufacture,
>I have yet to find one that didn't work quickly and easily.
>
>73, Al  AD6E
>
>
>
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