Com Ports

​I have an Optiplex GX270 with WinXP Pro. I have installed Palm Desktop and use a USB cable to HotSync. It uses com port 1, which happens to be the only com port showing in Device Manager. Setup shows serial port one as com port 3 but since I use a USB cable, it doesn't help.​

​I need com port 1 available to configure routers. We do several a day but the Palm software won't release the port, even if the cable is not plugged in. I suppose I can end the process in Task Manager but what a nuisance since we configure 5 or 6 routers a day.​

​Is there a way to make another com port available so I can change the Palm setup to that port and have port 1 always available for routers?​

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