This totally sucks. Yesterday I went to buy a USB/RS232 converter for my future laptop computer cause it won't come with a serial port. Today I test the converter in my desktop (which does have a serial port), and not only does the converter not work... now the desktop's built-in serial port doesn't work either.

I don't understand how can one have affected the other. I have even uninstalled the converter's device driver, rebooted the computer, and still doesn't work.

I need to either sue the Taiwanese who made this freaking cable or get a joint, or get laid, or all of the above.