Check the Interrupt (Int) number on both PCs,
are they the same or different?

Is anything else also using/sharing the same Interrupt on PC B?

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"alice" <alice@fearofdolls.com> wrote in message
news:7bb3112e-ec71-43d4-923b-1f4a74f4bed3@f1g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
> I'm trying to connect my XP PC to a switch through the serial port,
> using SecureCRT.
>
> On PC A I've got SecureCRT 5.5.0
> It connects just fine
>
> On PC B (the one I would rather use) I've got SecureCRT 6.1.0 (I woudl
> rather not downgrade versions)
> I've set it up the same way as the other one (Protocol: Serial,
> settings: 9600, 8, none, 1)
> When I try to connect I get-
> Connection to session Serial-Com1 failed, Unable to open seial port
> Com1, Access is denied.
>
> On version 6.1.0 there is an extra part (not found in the older
> version) under Properties labled SSH2, that shows Port:22, Firewall:
> None.
>
> I've looked under device manager and looked at the com1 port, says
> everything is fine. Is there something else I need to do to open this
> port?
>