Your system doesn't have either LPT1 (parallel) or COM (serial) ports, so you won't find them in device manager. The Printer Manager is wrong. If you can, reset it to direct output to USB.
Since this just happened, you might want to do a System Restore to a date before the problem started.
Click start>help & support
Click "undo changes..."
Follow prompts and pick latest date available before the problem started. Personal files will be ok, but you will have to reinstall any Microsoft updates originally installed after the date used for the Restore.
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Your system doesn't have either LPT1 (parallel) or COM (serial) ports, so you won't find them in device manager. The Printer Manager is wrong. If you can, reset it to direct output to USB.
Since this just happened, you might want to do a System Restore to a date before the problem started.
Click start>help & support
Click "undo changes..."
Follow prompts and pick latest date available before the problem started. Personal files will be ok, but you will have to reinstall any Microsoft updates originally installed after the date used for the Restore.
Ron
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