Check to see if your comm cables inside the case are plugged in all the
way.  A friend of mine had the same problem and it turned out his serial
port cable had come loose while transporting it.

Byron Wolter

Holli Van Nest wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I have a computer on which the mouse stopped working.  I've removed
> the mouse, reinstalled it, both manually and having Windows detect
> it.  It's a serial mouse.  I have also installed a known working
> serial mouse.  After doing this several times in several ways, I
> realized that there are no com ports showing in the System settings.
> When I go into Control Panel, System, Ports, only the printer port,
> LPT1, shows; there are no com ports.  I guess this is the problem
> with the mouse.  :-)
>
> My question - does this mean the com port is blown?  Or is there
> something in Windows '95 that could cause this?  There's no modem on
> this machine and nothing has been changed on it in at least 2 months.
>
> Thanks for any and all suggestions on fixing this!
>
> Holli
>
> *********
> Holli Van Nest