avrdude: stk500_getsync()

Using Arduino IDE 1.x
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ger_94:
... broad is set to Arduino UNO and Serial Port to COM1 (the one option I have) ...

That suggests to me that the USB driver is not installed. There are some threads around about doing that. Have you read the troubleshooting guide?

http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload