Typically there is a way to disable or enable the infrared port on your computer or laptop in the "BIOS" setup when you first turn on your computer. This may take some trial and error. Watch closely when you turn your computer on. If all you see if a fancy logo screen, sometimes you have to press ESC or TAB to get rid of that screen and see the real behind-the-scenes status messages of your computer starting up. Look for a message that says something like "press F2 for Setup" or "press Del to configure BIOS".
If you can't find the correct key to press, try tapping F1 once per second after you turn the power on. If you see a Windows screen loading, it didn't work. Tell Windows to shut down, and then turn the power back on and try another key. This is the recommended set of keys to try. Try only one key, tapping it once per second, and if it doesn't work, go on to the next one:
Hopefully one of those works and takes you to some type of Setup screen where you'll see sections usually like General, Chipset, PCI, Plug-n-Play, Power, etc.. Go through each section one by one (usually using your arrow keys to select one, pressing Enter, looking around, then pressing ESC if you don't find it). If there are a lot of options you may need to scroll down a long ways to see all of the settings on a screen. Do this until you find a setting called "infrared port" or "irDA" or "IR" that is currently enabled or ON and follow the instructions on the screen to change it to Disabled or Off.
Once you have changed the setting, look for a prompt to save your settings. If you don't find it, press ESC, look for another prompt to Save changes (and exit), and if you don't see it, press ESC again and look some more, repeat if needed.
That should do it. There may be another way in Vista, but this is typically more permanent and reliable.
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