Nov 23, 2005 #1 S SUNBELT Member level 2 Joined Oct 4, 2005 Messages 42 Helped 1 Reputation 2 Reaction score 1 Trophy points 1,288 Activity points 1,652 I am trying to access pc ports in windows xp but it seems it is restricted by microsoft, I am using C language, can any one help me in this matter. Is there a way to access the ports in win xp in c language?
I am trying to access pc ports in windows xp but it seems it is restricted by microsoft, I am using C language, can any one help me in this matter. Is there a way to access the ports in win xp in c language?
Nov 23, 2005 #2 E echo47 Advanced Member level 6 Joined Apr 7, 2002 Messages 3,933 Helped 638 Reputation 1,274 Reaction score 90 Trophy points 1,328 Location USA Activity points 33,176 Do you mean the parallel port? That's been asked/answered many times here, just do a search. You need a kernel mode device driver to give your program direct access to I/O ports. My favorite is PortTalk. Read more here: **broken link removed**
Do you mean the parallel port? That's been asked/answered many times here, just do a search. You need a kernel mode device driver to give your program direct access to I/O ports. My favorite is PortTalk. Read more here: **broken link removed**