XP SP2 Fix
In
the Service Pack 2, Microsoft included a generic Bluetooth driver, naturally
being WHQL-certified. Our Bluetooth driver however is not WHQL-certified, so
Windows XP continues using the generic driver. This interferes with the WIDCOMM
Bluetooth software resulting in this error. To force Windows XP to use the
WIDCOMM driver, perform the following steps:
Don't
plug in the Bluetooth device yet.
If
you have any Bluetooth software apart from the included Windows drivers installed,
uninstall them and reboot.
Install
the Bluetooth software. When it asks you to plug in the Bluetooth device and
click OK, don't, and click Cancel instead.
When
the setup has finished, plug in your Bluetooth device and let Windows install
the driver (there should be two Bluetooth icons in the system tray; one
blue-white: this is the Windows driver - and one blue-red: this is our driver
which is deactivated).
Now
go to the Device Manager, right click on the "Generic Bluetooth
Radio" and select "Update driver". Don't let Windows XP connect
to the Internet, then select "Choose software from a list or specified
location". In the next window, select "Don't search, but select the
driver to install".
In
the next window, activate "Show compatible hardware" (if it isn't
activated already) and select your manufacturer's driver instead of the
"Generic Blue tooth Radio" driver. Click next until the new driver is
installed. Now our Blue tooth system tray icon should be blue-white as well, activated
and ready to use. If you now double click on "My Blue tooth Places"
(e.g. on the desktop), our software installation will be continued and finished. |
