Control my PC with a remote control via a USB IR ?

Hello,

I am trying to control my ACER laptop with a remote control.

seemed to do the trick just fine, you can even program it to "convert" your remote control signal to whatever you want the PC to do (pause button of the remote = hit space bar, for example) but somehow it only seems to work with Infra-Red receivers plugged into the serial port.

Sadly my laptop does not have a serial port, I only have an IR USB Receiver which seems to work fine, except

does not recognize it.

Do you know of software that would do what

does, but with an IR USB receiver ? Or do you have another suggestion ?

Thanks Antoine