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- This is a small guide for those who installed the Service Pack 2 for Windows XP and are
- experiencing problems with the WIDCOMM Bluetooth software..
- 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:
- "Your Bluetooth Software license does not include use with this Bluetooth Device"
- After that you will be asked to point to a valid license.dat file. However if you select the
- license.dat that came with your manufacturer's driver (be it on CD-ROM or downloaded from
- the manufacturer's website) it still won't work.
- The reason for this problem:
- In the Service Pack 2, Microsoft included a generic Bluetooth driver, naturally being
- WHQL-certified -- it's directly from Microsoft. The WIDCOMM Bluetooth driver however is not
- WHQL-certified, so Windows XP continues using the generic driver. This interferes with the
- WIDCOMM Bluetooth software resulting in the above 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, deinstall
- them and reboot. I am not sure if this is necessary, but just in case.
- Install the WIDCOMM BTW 1.4.2.10 Bluetooth software. When it asks you to plug in the
- Bluetooth device and click OK, don't, and click cancel instead.
- When the WIDCOMM 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 the WIDCOMM 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 Bluetooth Radio" driver.
- Click next until the new driver is installed. Now the WIDCOMM system tray icon should be
- blue-white as well, activated and ready to use.
- If you now double click on "My Bluetooth Places" (e.g. on the desktop), the WIDCOMM software installation will be continued and finished.
- This should solve any compatibility issues with the WIDCOMM BTW 1.4.2.10 Bluetooth software and Microsoft Windows XP SP2.
- If you still experience problems, please reply to this thread. If necessary, I will update this
- HowTo accordingly.
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