{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Peter Johnson&#039;s Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/blog.peter-johnson.com.au","author_name":"Peter Johnson","author_url":"https:\/\/blog.peter-johnson.com.au\/index.php\/author\/peterj\/","title":"VMWare shared serial ports with Windows XP - Peter Johnson&#039;s Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"89xfya6nr3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.peter-johnson.com.au\/index.php\/2009\/03\/17\/vmware-shared-serial-ports-with-windows-xp\/\">VMWare shared serial ports with Windows XP<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.peter-johnson.com.au\/index.php\/2009\/03\/17\/vmware-shared-serial-ports-with-windows-xp\/embed\/#?secret=89xfya6nr3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;VMWare shared serial ports with Windows XP&#8221; &#8212; Peter Johnson&#039;s Blog\" data-secret=\"89xfya6nr3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/blog.peter-johnson.com.au\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Recently the serial communications ports on a VMWare machine I had setup for embedded development stopped working. I believe what triggered the problem was booting the VM while another VM had the same physical serial ports locked and it appeared to get the XP device stack into an odd state. I found that by deleting [&hellip;]"}