Message: This Resource Setting Cannot Be Modified
Article ID: 131242
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q131242
SYMPTOMS
When you click the Change Setting button to modify the IRQ or Input/Output
range in the properties for a device in Device Manager, you may receive
the following message:
This resource setting cannot be modified.
Note that this occurs only when the Use Automatic Settings check box is
not selected.
CAUSE
The Change Setting button works only for resources that can be changed.
Not all resources can be changed in a basic configuration. The message
stated above notifies you that the resource setting you have selected
cannot be changed.
RESOLUTION
For information about basic configuration settings and options you can
change when you are configuring COM ports, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: 123992
TITLE : Basic Configurations for COM Ports in Windows 95
Additional query words: comm
Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB131242