on the desktop), the WIDCOMM software installation will be continued and finished. If you now double click on 'My Bluetooth Places' (e.g. Now the WIDCOMM system tray icon should beīlue-white as well, activated and ready to use. Select your manufacturer's driver instead of the 'Generic Bluetooth Radio' driver.Ĭlick next until the new driver is installed. In the next window, activate 'Show compatible hardware' (if it isn't activated already) and In the next window, select 'Don't search, but select the driver to install'.

Don't let Windows XP connect to the internet, then select 'Choose software from a list or specified location'. Now go to the Device Manager, right click on the 'Generic Bluetooth Radio' and select 'updateĭriver'. (There should be two Bluetooth icons in the system tray one blue-white: this is the Windows driver - and one blue-red: this is the WIDCOMM driver which is deactivated.) When the WIDCOMM setup has finished, plug in your Bluetooth device and let Windows install When it asks you to plug in theīluetooth device and click OK, don't, and click cancel instead. Install the WIDCOMM BTW 1.4.2.10 Bluetooth software. I am not sure if this is necessary, but just in case. If you have any Bluetooth software apart from the included Windows drivers installed, deinstall To force Windows XP to use the WIDCOMM driver, perform the following steps: WIDCOMM Bluetooth software resulting in the above error. WHQL-certified, so Windows XP continues using the generic driver. The WIDCOMM Bluetooth driver however is not WHQL-certified - it's directly from Microsoft. In the Service Pack 2, Microsoft included a generic Bluetooth driver, naturally being The manufacturer's website) it still won't work. License.dat that came with your manufacturer's driver (be it on CD-ROM or downloaded from 'Your Bluetooth Software license does not include use with this Bluetooth Device'Īfter that you will be asked to point to a valid license.dat file.

If you install the WIDCOMM BTW 1.4.2.10 Bluetooth software on Windows XP SP2, you will get the following error as soon as you double click on the blue-red system tray icon: His is a small guide for those who installed the Service Pack 2 for Windows XP and areĮxperiencing problems with the WIDCOMM Bluetooth software. Well, I don't understand what is this nuisance about, and I can tell you that I have ran a bloody long search over the net to always go back to the same point! Nothing fixes my problem related to the above error msg.īefore you suggest it! Yes I have searched through the Expert site, and none will fix, especially this one below:

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