I checked the com port settings, and it is set on the right one. The setting in LogoEdit is com1 which is what hyperterminal says it is on, too. I tried LogoEdit with Hyperteminal open and Logoedit by itself, but it does the same thing.

I'm not sure what you mean by plug and play and forcing values. I don't really know much about this stuff, but I try not to mess with anything unless I know what I'm doing, so if I'm doing it then I don't know about it!

My computer is always crashing and I constantly have to pull the plug on it to restart it, and for some reason I have a feeling that that has something to do with this.