DOCUMENT:Q124743  08-AUG-2001  [winnt]
TITLE   :Cannot Manually Define Baud Rate for COM Ports
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you manually define a baud rate for one of the communication ports (COMx,
where x is the number of ports on your computer) in Control Panel by typing in
the baud rate value, the baud rate is changed to first value on the drop-down
list, which is 75. For example, if you define the COM1 port to a baud rate of
28800, the next time you select Settings in the Ports dialog box, the baud rate
is changed to 75.


WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, select an already-defined baud rate in the
drop-down list.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.5. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt comm bps

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