On Thursday, April 4, 2013 9:45:56 AM UTC-4, cernauta wrote:
... in the COM port selection box, nothing appears.

Hi Aldo - I think you may have to find current COM drivers
for Windows 8 and whatever device you're using, or buy a
new COM adapter that supports Windows 8 ?

Let us know what you find,
Best Regards, Dave (who is too afraid to use Windows 8)