i have a bit of a prob i have mbe managment and the mapping lead my first prob was that the mapping lead was 9 pin and my computer has a 25 pin so i got an adaptor which i am hoping will work now my problem is when i load up easy map it comes up with a little grey box that says

''can't open serial port COM1''

and some other things about another program running which aint and also about another device using the port which it aint so does anyone know a way i can check that my computer is all set up to do this ie: ports configured????

so i can rule that out the equation

i am not ok with computers but not a wiz so will need this in easy to understand instuctions