Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM
Ξ January 5th, 2007 | → | ∇ Hardware, Windows, Tweaks |
***Update - 02-23-08: You can find the support forum on Dev-Hack.Com forums by clicking HERE
UnCrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM
Introduction
If you’ve found this page, that means that you’re one of the many legitimate Vista RTM users who have a plethora of Bluetooth devices that you were hoping to join up to your new shiny Vista machine and enjoy because as with all Microsoft products, they’re just supposed to work, right? Wrong.
The Microsoft Bluetooth stack has been stripped of all profiles except OBEX file transfers and Mouse and Keyboard HID profiles. No stereo audio, no hands-free, no pda syncing, nothing. Why? No idea, there is no official word on the issue though there has been speculation in the community that perhaps Microsoft is trying to hold tight to increasing stability by decreasing functionality. This is ok for most folks. Just not the rest of us who are constantly wireless and in need of information, syncing, audio, phone calls, what have you.
This guide is an in-depth tutorial on getting complete and enhanced Bluetooth functionality in all version of Windows Vista RTM both 32bit and 64bit editions.
First a little bit of legal.
Disclaimer
Dev-Hack.com or its administrators provide this information for educational uses only and while great effort has gone into ensuring the accuracy and value of the information included herein, it cannot be guaranteed to work for everyone and thusly, we accept no responsibility if you fuck up. J
Method
We have broken this installation into a number of steps listed below.
- Download installation packages
- Determine which Bluetooth device you have
- Preparing the new installation
- Removing old drivers completely
- Disabling Microsoft Bluetooth stack completely
- Installing WIDCOMM drivers
- Patching your WIDCOMM installation
- Installing your device
- Enjoying unrestricted Bluetooth functionality
UPDATE(06/21/07): It has been determined that through this method, A2DP(stereo bluetooth audio) does NOT function properly. A workaround/fix is currently being researched so sit tight.
Step 1 -=- Download Installation Packages
First thing to do is get all of the tools you’re going to need to be able to do this. This includes the WIDCOMM drivers appropriate to your system, the patcher program, and optionally, you can download this guide in PDF format for offline viewing.
You may download the WIDCOMM 5.1.0.1100 drivers along with the patcher from Dev-Hack.Com’s downloads section. The packages will be clearly marked to avoid any confusion.
NOTE: If you know of WIDCOMM already you may be asking, “Well why aren’t we going to use the latest version of the driver?” That’s a good question and with it comes a good answer. After version 5.1.0.1100 the driver stops supporting 3rd party chipsets, that means that you all with your CSR chipsets would be very frustrated after having completed this guide. In addition, the patcher utility isn’t of the latest version however is much easier to use and has been extensively tested and confirmed to function properly with this version of WIDCOMM drivers.
Step 2 -=- Determining Which Bluetooth Device You Have
Once you have downloaded and extracted the drivers, it’s time to minimize your folder and head into your device manager to determine exactly what hardware you have installed. Make sure you have your Bluetooth adapter inserted in your computer(working or not).
- Right click “Computer” on your desktop, and then select Properties
- On the top left click Device Manager.
- Expand your Bluetooth tree to see your Bluetooth radio(if installed) or look at Other Devices to see if it appears there(if not installed).
- Double click your Bluetooth radio device(The name may vary depending upon manufacturer and model). Then click the Details tab.
- Click the drop down box and select Device ID
Now with that window open go back into the extracted drivers folder. We need to check and see if the installer already supports your device.
- In the root folder go into the appropriate folder for your system. i.e. If you’re in 32 bit Vista, enter Win32. For 64 bit, enter Win64.
- Open up btwusb.inf in notepad (should already be the default viewer so you can just double click it.)
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Now look at your hardware ID in the device manager it should be formatted like this:
USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX where “XXXX” is a 4 digit hexadecimal number(There may be revision information after the basic Hardware ID’s such as: USB\VID_413C&PID_8126&REV_0100).
- Quickly copy or memorize the 4 digit number after VID.
- In notepad hit Ctrl+F to open the find dialog. Enter your VID as VID_XXXX where the XXXX is your four digit number specific to your device. Hit Enter.
- If your device is found, then look again and confirm that your VID and PID numbers match exactly then and only then may you skip to Step 4 -=- Removing Old Drivers Completely
- If you did not find your VID and PID then please continue on to Step 3 -=- Preparing the New Installation.
Step 3 -=- Preparing the New Installation
Since your device wasn’t specifically included in the installer script that doesn’t necessarily mean that the drivers aren’t compatible. There’s a very good chance that they are and should work fine (since most Bluetooth devices are created alike and their functionality is determined by the profiles they support). In this step we need to modify the installer script to include your specific device. You should already have btwusb.inf opened up for your specific platform. Add the following lines
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Under [ControlFlags] section add
- ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX (change the XXXX with the numbers from your device)
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This varies for different versions of windows.
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32bit windows:
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Under [WIDCOMM.NTx86.5.1] add
- %****.DeviceDesc%=BTWUSB, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX ; My BT USB Dongle Where “****” is a string or single word that’s all caps and would be the name of your hardware vendor. EXAMPLE: %DellFangorn.DeviceDesc%=BRSMARTUSB, USB\VID_413C&PID_8126
- %****.DeviceDesc%=BTWUSB, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX ; My BT USB Dongle Where “****” is a string or single word that’s all caps and would be the name of your hardware vendor. EXAMPLE: %DellFangorn.DeviceDesc%=BRSMARTUSB, USB\VID_413C&PID_8126
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64bit Windows:
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Under [WIDCOMM.NTamd64] add
- %****.DeviceDesc%=BTWUSB, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX ; My BT USB Dongle Where “****” is a string or single word that’s all caps and would be the name of your hardware vendor. EXAMPLE: %DellFangorn.DeviceDesc%=BRSMARTUSB, USB\VID_413C&PID_8126
- %****.DeviceDesc%=BTWUSB, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX ; My BT USB Dongle Where “****” is a string or single word that’s all caps and would be the name of your hardware vendor. EXAMPLE: %DellFangorn.DeviceDesc%=BRSMARTUSB, USB\VID_413C&PID_8126
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- Save and Close the file.
Step 4 -=- Removing Old Drivers Completely
What we’re going to do here here is effectively remove the installer script files from Windows’ view. So now when the device is found it won’t be able to find a driver. And you should select “Don’t ask Again” when prompted to search for new drivers for your device after you uninstall it.
Now, if you still have your device manager window open and you already have the Windows or manufacturer driver installed, please uninstall ANYTHING Bluetooth related. (HINT: If you remove the Bluetooth Radio device first, it will take everything else with it.) You can uninstall devices simply by Right clicking them and selecting Uninstall.
Step 5 -=- Disabling Microsoft Bluetooth Stack Completely
Now that the installation is prepared we have to make sure that Microsoft’s automatic and crippled Bluetooth driver doesn’t just jump in the way and automatically install itself when you’re trying to install the new driver. We have to disable Microsoft’s installer script for Bluetooth devices.
- Navigate to C:\Windows\inf\
- Rename bth.inf to bth.inf.old;
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Rename bth.pnf to bth.pnf.old
Once everything is uninstalled, close all files and dialogs and restart your machine.
NOTE: This is important! If you are running Windows Vista x64, you absolutely HAVE to press F8 on boot. Right after your BIOS post, pound F8 until you’re presented with a menu. You MUST select “Disable Driver Signing Enforcment” or you will not be able to install this driver. As of yet, there is no other way to disable this other than attaching a debugger to the kernel which isn’t practical.
Step 6 -=- Installing WIDCOMM Drivers
And now is the time you’ve all been waiting for. Time to run the installer for the WIDCOMM Drivers.(Please see the bright red note above if you’re running Windows Vista RTM x64). Make sure your Bluetooth Device is unplugged from your machine.
- Browse to where you have the drivers unpacked.
- Browse directly into your platform folder(i.e. Win32 or Win64)
- Do not run Setup.exe
instead run Inst.exe. - Go through the installer, when it comes up and says that no Bluetooth device detected, click CANCEL to continue the installation without installing a device first. It will always say this even if your device is internal or still connected.
- Windows will bitch at you for not installing signed drivers about 11 times so go ahead and make sure you’re clicking away at “Install Anyway“
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The WIDCOMM drivers will install the following virtual devices and profiles:
- Bluetooth Communications ports(COM 4 and 5)
- Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver
- Bluetooth Virtual HID Mouse
- Bluetooth Virtual HID Keyboard
- Hands-Free Audio
- Stereo Audio(also known in xp as High Quality Bluetooth Audio or A2DP)
- Once Vista is done installing the various devices then click Finish in the installer to close it.
You’ll now notice You’ll have the Bluetooth icon down in the task bar which should be red and a My Bluetooth Places icon on your desktop. Do not click either of them yet. We’re almost done.
Step 7 -=- Patching Your WIDCOMM Installation
Before we restart, you should make sure you have available the WIDCOMM patcher that you downloaded and optionally this guide in PDF form that you can download from Dev-Hack.Com.
The next portion is very simple.
- Restart your machine in safe-mode by mashing F8 right after the bios post and selecting Safe Mode with Networking.
- Once in safe mode, browse to where you have downloaded and extracted the patcher.
- Run the patcher by double clicking the executable.
- This is where it gets slightly tricky. In the drop down box, you have to find your Bluetooth device. If you added your device to the installer script for the drivers, then you should already be able to recognize it. Look for the beginning of the device description. Once you’re sure you’ve found your device, select it and click save.
- Restart your machine.(x64 users, remember you have to disable Driver Signing Enforcement at EVERY boot, sorry)
Step 8 -=- Installing Your Device
Once you’re back into windows, do the following.
- Plug your Bluetooth adapter in(if it is external)
- If your adapter is internal, then open up the Device Manager and click Action>Scan for Hardware Changes to initiate the installation process.
- When it asks you to search for drivers, select to Browse for the location yourself.
- Browse to the following: C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\bin
- Then click ok and the installer will find the drivers assuming you correctly edited the installer script.
- Once the device is installed(if successful) You’re ready to rock.
Step 9 -=- Enjoying Your Bluetooth Experience
Once everything is installed and patched you should be able to right click the Bluetooth icon down in the task bar, select Begin Using Bluetooth. With any luck, you’ll start the Bluetooth Wizard and be able to choose which profiles your computer will provide to devices. If you get a license error, then something went wrong with the patching or you didn’t choose the right device in the patcher. If you get a device not found, then I recommend completely uninstalling the device and starting from Step 6.
Should you need to Uninstall and return to your default driver(no idea why you’d want to.) then you need to open up Device Manager then, through the control panel, remove the WIDCOMM Drivers(Add/Remove Programs). The drivers will prompt you to remove your device. You can do that or just right click your Bluetooth radio in the Device Manager and click Uninstall, the driver uninstallation will resume automatically.
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on January 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
[…] Because this was such an annoyance and disappointment I’ve written and article entitled Uncrippling Bluetooth in Windows Vista that can fix this issue but it’s still a major pain and Microsoft’s omission of something that worked fine previously is ultimately an insult to the computing community as a whole. In otherwords, you shouldn’t have to read a guide to do stuff that should already work out of the box. […]
on January 17th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Great job.
I really blame MS for delivering Vista with such a bug.
Your work and the instructions where really perfect and are something that really has worth.
No way to solve without your help. Thanks a lot.
on January 17th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
[…] I wanted to take a few minutes to touch on this really quick as it seems I’ve helped project a misconception. My lack of substantial reasoning in my article Uncrippling Bluetooth in Windows Vista RTM. […]
on January 28th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I got the IBM internal BT device that appear in btwusb.inf (VID=1668). Everything goes well beside step 7, the list of patcher doesn’t show the same vid number.
Could you please tell me what’s going on?
Thanks in adv.
on January 28th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
First thing I’d make sure of is that your device is plugged in an powered on.
Check this post on my forums.
http://www.dev-hack.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1297
Another person has the same problem. I’m currently working the issue.
on January 30th, 2007 at 5:32 am
Hi.
First up - thanks for the instructions. The problem is that I can still not get my HT820 headphones to connect as stereo audio, It is listed as available but when I try to connect Vista fails to connect.
Any advice?
on January 30th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
I finally got my generic bluetooth device installed!!! Thanks a million!! I will one day get Vista to save my device info so I can sync my PDA.
on February 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I am using Vista Enterprise edition. Making the changes suggested in Step 5 to prevent the installation of the Microsoft software doesn’t appear to work. After renaming those files to *.inf.old, when I restart the bluetooth device (internal in LE1600) Vista starts the automatic driver installation of the MS Bluetooth. What am I missing? (I note in Vista that these files are also to be found in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\)
Is it looking for them there as well?
on February 7th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I just tried toshiba’s bluetooth stack 5.10 (http://aps.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/pages/download.php) with vista 64 bit, connected my pulsar 590E headset with toshiba’s ‘Audio Sink’ (for AD2P stereo) and works like a charm, microphone didnt work at first until I realized it wasnt being feed back through bluetooth but through onboard stereo, so had to right click speaker icon on toolbar, select “recording device”, then disable bluetooth microphone, then skype picked up the input from my headset, go figure. As the toshiba stack expires in 28 days (I am not running toshiba hardware) Im hoping that buying a toshiba PA3455U-1BTM dongle will give me a license to run the software.
on February 8th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Thanks for the useful guide.
Unfortunately, the Widcomm drivers once installed failed to connect to any of the headsets I tried. I, therefore, pioneered another route that a) worked and b) resulted in the installation of signed 64-bit drivers. Here it is:
Note, It will only work if your dongle, etc. shipped with Widcomm drivers!
1. Install your bluetooth dongle, etc. under 32 bit Windows (XP,2000, etc.), using the software shipped with the device.
2. Get and run a copy of the btwinitialupdate.exe utility (I found it at http://update.broadcom.com/downloads/btwinitialupdate.exe.)
It will download the files necessary to update your drivers to the latest version.
3. Use the Licence patcher (as described by you) to access and then save the license to a file. This is crucial, as it gets you a valid licence to the latest version!
4. Now install the 64-bit drivers as per your guide.
5. Instead of then patching the “evaluation” licence use the patcher to open the licence file stored in step 3 above, and save it.
6. When you “begin using” your dongle etc., the Widcomm software will complain and ask you to provide a license file. Again, provide the file saved in step 3 above.
7. You can now run btwinitialupdate.exe. again on your 64-bit Windows system (In my case 64-bit Vista). It will download the files necessary to update the 64-bit drivers to the latest (signed) version.
It worked a treat for me!
on February 8th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I should have made it clearer that btwinitialupdate.exe downloads and then installs the files necessary to upgrade the Widcomm BT drivers to the lastest version. The files themselves are not directly accessible
on February 12th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Hy I have a bluetooth device that doesn’t work (can’t install driver) with Windows xp 64bit. If I perform the steps for Windows Vista like above will it work?
on February 12th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
You can but try.
on February 15th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Dear Dev-Toast!
I’ve bought an USB BlueTooth dongle a few months ago. It was shipped with BlueSoleil 1.x maybe 1.6. Whatever…
I’ve tried to install it… No use, the application crashed my MS Windows 2003 Enterprise.
I’ve downloaded it’s newest version, 2.3… Also pointless. The same problem.
Not even an entry in the event viewer.. Just a rapid system restart as if I press the reset button.
Done some googleing… On the bluesoleil forum I’ve found and advice to disable Bluetooth AV audio.
Did it. And for the first time (and also the last) I could use my dongle for everything it should do.
On the other day… I could pair my phone (Nokia 6233) but service discovery has failed.
No matter what I did.. reinstall both drivers and utility, the same problem occured.
I’ve also written to the forum hoping that someone will DO something.. but nothing happened.
Not even an answer, nothing…
Then I’ve bumped into your tutorial…
As far as I know, I have a Bluetooth dongle with USB\VID_1131&PID_1001.
It took me some job (the device manager did not display this information,
I had to install BlueSoleil again since that was the only way to make the device’s properties be showed
/unless using that one, I could not even track it’s Device ID/). So I got the string you can read above.
Then I’ve uninstalled all stuff belonging to my BlueTooth…
My device’s ID was included in WIDCOMM’s list. I’ve made all the steps you advised.
It sayed it’s a:
%ISSC.DeviceDesc%=BTWUSB, USB\VID_1131&PID_1001 ; ISSC USB Device Vid&PID
I’ve installed WIDCOMM’s drivers. Patched it in safe mode…
But upon reboot… Nothing has changed… The same…
Dev. manager:
+ [Computer name]
+ Bluetooth USB
- USB Device
USB device props just show up a {General} and a {Drivers} tab.
And one more thing.. Clicking props gives me an error message:
Title: Device Installer Error
Text: Windows could not load the installer for Bluetooth. Contact your hardware vendor for assintance.
I’m stucked here with no Bluetooth.. I’ve payed for it… But ergh.. I’m getting mad now…
Interesting stuff:
- At my workplace the original BlueSoleil works fine on an WinXP even with Nokia PC Suite
- My girfriend has a SiteCom USB BT dongle.. It does it’s job well EVEN on MY PC!
So.. Why can not IVT Corp. make a SW that simly just works?
And the main Q:
Why does my dongle fail on work with WIDCOMM since I’ve done all the stuff you’ve advised me?
Feel free to contact me, I need this stuiff working!!!
J. Borsodi
on February 16th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
My Vista Home Premium (32bit) keeps recognizing and auto-installing the MS drivers for my bluetooth device - even after making the changes you recommended. I even selected “Disable Driver Signing Enforcement” and that didn’t work either… Any other recommendations?
on February 17th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I don’t have btwusb.inf under c:\windows, what can I do ?
on February 17th, 2007 at 9:33 am
For those folks having problems. There is a support thread located on my forums here.
This way folks can help each other out.
Cheers!
on February 22nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
thanks man!!!!
It works great!
no problem…
on March 2nd, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Thank you soooo much. It took me trying this process three times, but all the 1s and 0s finally lined up and everything works.
on March 4th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
My system have:
Windows Vista Home Premium
USB dongle ISSC Bluesoleil IVT Corp: USB\VID_1131&PID_1001.
I followed all the steps but i had to repeat the procedure 3 times.
I couldn’t find my device when run the LicensePatcher, so I tried using the one Unknown in the combobox and replacing bellow the 0000 with my VID: 1131. Then I reboot the pc, and when I plug the USB Dongle nothing ocurr.
I check the device manager and still there the unknown device. So I tried to install the driver manually from the device manager chossing the folder C:\ProgramFiles\WIDCOMM … IT WORKS!!!, finally the windows found the driver and the bluetooth icon in the system tray change form red to white!!!
Jeno1, try doing something like that, maybe you have the same problem.
I tested with:
Nokia PC suite + Nokia 6230…Ok
Nokia Handfree HDW-3 + Skype..Ok
Nokia 3120………………..Ok
Nokia 6103………………..Ok
Great job. Thanks a lot!.
on March 7th, 2007 at 4:23 am
Thanks so much for this info.
@Juan and other IVT users: I have a IVT dongle as well. First I added the unknown device with the LicensePatcher. Then I added the device driver manually. To finish it I had to start the LicensePatcher again (it did not need safe mode this time) and I could add the IVT dongle. After this it worked fine.
on March 9th, 2007 at 6:51 am
What can we say: Thank you.
Even if it’s probably not legal, a fully automated installer would be great - it’s microsofts fault. Everythin worked great in xp. So just put an installer on thepiratebay.org that would be great.
on March 9th, 2007 at 7:06 am
I was wondering if bth.inf and bth.pnf should be in my windows\system32 directory or not?
(I have reinstalled Vista and have problems now with getting things to work)
on March 14th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Hey!
I just found this page, and was happy that there finally seemed to be a way to get my bluetooth up and running again.
But when i came to step 6, and started inst.exe, with windows started with disabled driver signing enforcement, the setup started, but came with an error like this: “The Windows Installer service could not be accessed”.
I’ve found what seemed to be a solution to the problem at microsofts homepage, but after trying out there solution, I’m still having the problem.
I only get the option to press “Ok” and then the setup tells me that the installer is unable to continue.
My Windows is Vista x64 English.
Note: Just for fun i tried to run the 32 Bit version of inst.exe, and somehow it didn’t pop up with the problem, though I haven’t tried to install it yet, since i guess that the 32 bit drivers won’t do very well together with my 64 bit OS.
on March 15th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Nice work man! My HT820 works now. One Question though. It will not find the high quality audio link. (audio Gateway) Any one else having a similar problem?
I’m on an HP DV9000t, Windows Vista Ultimate x64. HP integrated bluetooth module, I belive it’s a broadcom chipset. I try to scan for the audio gateway it says “HT820 does not support audio gateway service”
Thanks everone, keep up the good work.
on March 17th, 2007 at 1:19 am
My ISSC chipsets usb bluetooth works very well.
Thank you.
^-^
on March 17th, 2007 at 2:22 am
I just upgraded my Acer Tablet to Vista. Bluetooth was working fine but with vista it does not even show a device in the manager? What can I do if Vista is not even detecting the hardware? Should I try a WidComm driver anyway?
Thanks
on March 24th, 2007 at 10:50 am
Thanks for the heads up, man. I made my Plantronics 320 headset work like a charm!
on March 27th, 2007 at 5:24 am
hallo,all
I had some trouble transfering files to other device (cellphone,other pc) after succesfully installing this widcomm driver,either way, from pc to phone and phone to pc said can’t connect!! help please!! thanks
on April 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Man i’m stuck at step 7….
on April 5th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I’ve got a 2 year old bluesoleil!!!
Please help
on April 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Something else I found which is really useful under 64-bit Vista. To permanently disable Driver Signing Enforcement, do the following:
Execute from an admin-level command prompt:
bcdedit -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
(found at http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/66001/)
on April 6th, 2007 at 4:10 am
[…] I spent days and nights browsing the web, thinking why NOKIA has yet to release a Vista compatible PC suite. I realised I was wrong to blame Nokia on this when I read this: The Microsoft Bluetooth stack has been stripped of all profiles except OBEX file transfers and Mouse and Keyboard HID profiles. No stereo audio, no hands-free, no pda syncing, nothing. Why? No idea, there is no official word on the issue… […]
on April 7th, 2007 at 7:10 am
I have a Issc USB dongle
I downloaded Bluesoileil 3.0 std (5 mb limit version)
http://lgsiu.lge.com/drvdata/drv/OLYMPUS_REF/BSOLEIL/Bluetooth_60517.exe
but then I download toshiba BT driver program for Vista x64
http://aps.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/pages/download.php
I only use BT with Samsung PC Studio to connect Samsung Mobile phones, since Samsung haven’t made any Vista X64 drivers when connected with a USB cable!
So I have tested other functions with the Toshiba BT program!
I don’t know if you have to download the Bluesoleil for installing the driver for ISSC USB Dongle or If it’s in the Toshiba driver package!
on April 13th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Re Juan Says: March 4th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
I got stuck cuz I couln’t find my device ID but i manually installed it and it’s all good yall
on April 14th, 2007 at 1:57 am
I wish I found this site earlier. It would of saved me from buying Bluesoleil ver 3.2 and getting a bad licence key and no replies to my e-mails.
All I will say the instructions here are easier than they look, try it it works.
Thank you
on April 18th, 2007 at 12:34 am
thanks for this awesome tip/guide!! worked like a charm w/my HP TC1100, i’ll be linking to this from my blog for sure!
on April 18th, 2007 at 12:42 am
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on April 19th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Finally I have Bluetooth again. Thank you for the tips, they worked perfectly.
on April 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
i do all the steps the dongel is working but i dont get the ACTIVESYNC service on my WM5 pda
i have USB dongle ISSC Bluesoleil IVT Corp: USB\VID_1131&PID_1001
on the vista computer i see the activesync service but not on my pda
any one can help?
on May 1st, 2007 at 10:02 pm
[…] 2) If at first you don’t succeed… over at Dev-Toast, there is a very well-written tutorial on “getting complete and enhanced Bluetooth functionality in all version of Windows Vista .” […]
on May 15th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Curiously enough, I’ve been having massive problems in Vista x64 getting my bluetooth devices to stay connected. They’ll pair up, but they won’t actually connect.
Also, despite disabling driver signing, Vista wouldn’t install the drivers for me. I ended up just disabling the Microsoft stack, and running Broadcom’s installer off their website. I guess it didn’t detect the Microsoft stack, so it went ahead and installed version 5. Things are peachy and work great now! Although, Skype no longer automatically switches from my speakers to headset when it detects that it’s on.. you have to do it manually.
on May 16th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I have vista home premium with USB dongle ISSC bluesoleil IVT, I used the compatability wizard set to windows 2000 and it works just fine, ie, picks up my 2 mobiles my other dell computer with windows xp pro no bother at all. could this be of any help to anyone?
PS.Vista has reach 40 million sales so far all with the same bug no doubt?
on May 22nd, 2007 at 3:32 am
Hi
Very nice hands-on! worked like a charm!
i have only one issue, i have a bluetooth stereo headset (AD2P) but can’t get it to work, in the sound control panel, only BT handsfree audio is shown, in widcomm it is recognized and connected to the stereo profile, also in device manager this profile is shown.
any idea what i could do next?
many thanx!
on May 23rd, 2007 at 7:01 pm
WOOHOO!!!
My Logitech Dinovo Mouse (MX-1000 laser) now shows up in the control panel. I get to use all the features now!
My Dell Precision M90 comes with the Toshiba stack. It worked OK but wouldn’t work with the Logitech drivers.
THANKS A MILLION!!!!!
BEST TECH ARTICLE OF THE YEAR IMHO!!!!
on May 24th, 2007 at 4:16 am
thank you
on May 25th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
[…] Originally Posted by LarryH On my XP desktop with an Iogear BT dongle, I’ve had no problems. Can’t get it to work at all on my laptop, running Vista. I have been able to get Bluetooth DUN working correctly on my laptop running Vista. The problem seems to be in Vista’s implementation of Bluetooth. I followed the instructions from here to uncripple Vista’s Bluetooth. Dev-Toast » Blog Archive » Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM After I ran through these instructions, I was able to successfully pair my device and get DUN working. […]
on May 25th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
[…] Today, 07:18 PM I don’t have an 8100 but I do have an 8830. I was having similar problems as some of the folks here. My bluetooth would find the BB but didn’t provide any DUN services, etc. Only headset. I think it’s very dependent on what Bluetooth drivers are provided with your Bluetooth adapter (built-in or otherwise.) I found a website with instructions that (after a great deal of effort) worked for me. Click Here The part that gave me the biggest headache is that I had to completely remove the software (not just uninstall the drivers) for my Thinkpad. I did that through the old-fashioned "add/remove programs" (named slightly differently in Vista. But, in the end, this worked very well for me. It just took some patience and persistence. I think MS’s stock BT drivers for Vista are just seriously lacking. Hope this helps. Drinks with Larry and Lauren (A Podcast) http://www.drinkswithlarryandlauren.com […]
on June 1st, 2007 at 8:53 am
[…] 05-25-2007, 07:18 PM I don’t have an 8100 but I do have an 8830. I was having similar problems as some of the folks here. My bluetooth would find the BB but didn’t provide any DUN services, etc. Only headset. I think it’s very dependent on what Bluetooth drivers are provided with your Bluetooth adapter (built-in or otherwise.) I found a website with instructions that (after a great deal of effort) worked for me. Click Here The part that gave me the biggest headache is that I had to completely remove the software (not just uninstall the drivers) for my Thinkpad. I did that through the old-fashioned "add/remove programs" (named slightly differently in Vista.) But, in the end, this worked very well for me. It just took some patience and persistence. I think MS’s stock BT drivers for Vista are just seriously lacking. Hope this helps. Drinks with Larry and Lauren (A Podcast) http://www.drinkswithlarryandlauren.com Last edited by LarryH : 05-25-2007 at 07:20 PM. […]
on June 5th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Excellent job!
Following your instructions setp-by-step worked for me.
on June 7th, 2007 at 7:18 am
Great Job. I followed every step and it all works fine. The only strange thing is that my plantronics m3000 headset can be chosen in msn 8.1 live call, but when calling live call uses built in audio despite selection of bt audio.
Any ideas ?
on June 7th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Sorry had nothing to do with the driver. live call doesn’t use the msn settings, but I had to select BT audio via the menu in live call.
100% happy !! thanks,
on June 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I just installed the toshiba blue tooth stack for x64 and it found my USB dongle ISSC Bluesoleil IVT Corp: USB\VID_1131&PID_1001.
:)
on June 15th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Have the Sony HWS-BTA2W that you plugg into your stereo for wirless sound.
I have worked my way thru the guide and it works as suppose to. until im trying to send music via winamp etc.then the message : You have to configure youre HWS-BTA2W headset. And when i am trying to configure it says :The HWS-BTA2W does not support this profile. And i know for sure that the device supports a2dp…what can i do? have anyone hade the same problem?
on June 22nd, 2007 at 12:49 pm
I am a french user of windows vista. After installation on a ISSC usb bluetooth doncle, all seems good, but in ie7, i have 20 times a error message : “can’t load btrez.dll - French” !!, or ie freeze. Is someone knowing how say to bt to use english dll?????
Thanks
on June 23rd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Well mine kinda works. When I click the “My Bluetooth Places”, I just get the installer/wizard every time even though I’ve completed it. It detects my wii remote, but it doesn’t install the driver required to play the hl2 wii mod.
on June 29th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
I tried with this guide, but on my final startup I just get an error message saying: “Can’t load btrez.dll”. It locks me out of the entire computer, and now it seems like I need to format and reinstall windows. (can’t get to control panel, same message appears in safe mode) Try this guide at your own risk.
on June 29th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I believe that this driver package only works with the English version of Vista. This hack has worked fine for what would appear to be some 13000 folks who’ve downloaded the guide and the drivers.
Sorry you’re having trouble, mate. One thing to really be sure to try is check with your dongle manufacturer before attempting this. If you came here in search of a solution, that would of course, mean that you’ve already check that.
Keep your chin up, we’re working on a number of solutions.
on July 13th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Great work Guys. Do you have a similar solution for Vista Ultimate? Some of the files mentioned here are not found in Ultimate.
Thanks
on July 13th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
This was done with Ultimate x64.
Not sure what files are missing. The bth.inf files might be missing if you’ve never installed a bluetooth device with the Microsoft stack.
Cheers!
on July 16th, 2007 at 9:49 am
This guide has a lot of flaws, some of which have already been pointed out above:
1) After uninstalling the old bluetooth drivers completely, and disabling the bluetooth stack (completely), following step 2 and 4, Windows continue to install the bluetooth device again automatically
2) By other means I managed to remove the latest version of the bluetooth software and to install the old bluetooth software as recommended here. To help me do so this guide was incomplete and flawed. But another problems showed up as indicated by Dev.Hack.com and others: there is a problem with the bluetooth stereo audio. This error prevents you from using your bluetooth device alltogher, including listening to music and the handsfree function.
So this left me frustrated, obviously. Now I’ll make a system restore and return to the newest version of the bluetooth software, which at least will enable me to listen to music through my bluetooth headset and allow me to use the handsfree function until the computer eventually crashes….
Hope you’ll find a solution to these problems as this could help me and a lot of others.
Sorry for maybe being a bit too “direct”. I do appreciate the effort to solve this problem for me and others. So thanks for that.
on July 25th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Found another way, try the website of broadcom and use the automatic update, works perfect exept for de audio part, but if you use it for your phone pure for pictures, music etc it works perfect
on July 25th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
That method only works if your device originally shipped with Broadcom/Widcomm drivers, meaning that there’s already an embedded license for the device. Which, if that’s the case, then you shouldn’t be here.
on August 23rd, 2007 at 10:06 am
I am running vista ultimate. I purchased a Targus 2.0. bluetooth. After sync my motorola phone and the bluetooth and after trying to send the phone a file I get the message address incompatle protocol. Can you help. Bill Ross
on September 16th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Thanks for a great article. Am trying to connect my Oticon hearing aids. When loaded as per your instructions I am getting connection but no sound (using Vista Home Premium and Broadcomm USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2045
) I note that the comm ports assigned are 11 & 12 not 4 & 5 as listed in your article and there doesn’t seem to be any way I can change them - would this be why I can’t get any sound. Thanks, Rob
on September 19th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
very nice job, realy apriciate this, respect 4you !!!
on October 4th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I was searching for my audio gateway problem…. on my laptop. Found ur site. I really really appreciate the pain u took in writing all these steps clear enough to noobs (like me???).
U rock buddy… will test ur method today
on October 8th, 2007 at 2:10 am
No Go on a Dell Inspiron e1505 with the Dell 355 Bluetooth Module (413C/8126) running Vista 32-bit Ultimate. Went through the procedure three times, and never could get Stereo Audio to actually play through the paired and connected Motorola S9 headset. Even though I entered a custom device in the btwusb.inf, it never showed up in the Patcher…just Unknown Device, which when I did an Update Drivers on it and pointed to the driver install bin directory, finished the installation. I did a System Restore to a restore point I created before starting the process each time and now am back to vanilla Dell Vista Bluetooth (yech). So much for the latest technology . Very well written guide - thanks.
on October 21st, 2007 at 11:07 am
i’ve tried the guide for my Samsung R70, but its not working…
it has a broadcom onboard set. if i try to install the 5.10 drivers, then i’m not able to get bluetooth audio - the driver is not loading.
does it also work with the new driver?
asking for help, i really need to get it running!
thanks a lot
on October 22nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
I see that Broadcomm has new drivers out that claim to support Vista, but when I install I simply get a message about a missing driver. Anyone interested in figuring out how we can get the newest broadcomm software working w/Vista RTM?
http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php
on November 1st, 2007 at 3:50 am
I followed the steps to the letter and everytime my Vista Ultimate 32bit ThinkPad boots up, I get an error stating “BTTray.exe - Entry point not found.” It also says that a procedure entry point is missing from the dll btosif.dll. My Bluetooth icon also never showed up after following this tutorial. It’s obvious to me that this error seems to be the reason. What is this and how can I fix it? Thanks in advance.
on November 1st, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Nice, this guide combined with this:
http://www.nynaeve.net/?p=5
finally got my logitech hub working. I did all the steps in this and nothing. But once I switched it to hci mode my device was found and the correct bluetooth drivers (from this site) were installed. Much appreciated!
on November 16th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Regarding the issue with ‘entry point not found’ in the btosif.dll, I had the same issue. I ended up using the Vista version of Add/Remove programs (in the Control Panel/Programs… or something like that) to remove the Thinkpad BT application. It was the one with the enhanced data rate or some such. I also happened to uninstall the WIDCOM software to make sure I had a clean system. Then I just reinstalled the WIDCOM drivers, and all is great.
des
on November 18th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Hey!! Great tips.. quick question though:
I have Vista Business edition and I got a Motorola H700. I was able to install and it was recognized by skype (the program I am trying to use it with) and I am actually able to start the call. The problem is 15 seconds later I get the blue screen of death and I have to reboot my machine. I am thinking of returning the bluetooth but I wan to make sure the problem is not with the machine drivers.. Any ideas?
Thanks a milllion!!
on November 25th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I have a problem with getting my btwusb.inf
on November 25th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
sorry for the noob question… I finally completed every step of the guide and its working. Now, if I only could find my Bluetooth Headphone charger to test the headset… hahaha…
But thanks! This guide really is working!
on November 25th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
ok… I can detect my cellphone but I still can’t detect my headset… T__T
Can anybody email me a working HEADSET … plz email me e_ante@yahoo.com
on November 29th, 2007 at 12:30 am
I am trying to download the installation and patch, but keep getting a 404 error. The files were removed? The link I can’t get to is http://www.dev-hack.com/pafiledb/
on December 11th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
[…] 05-25-2007, 08:18 PM I don’t have an 8100 but I do have an 8830. I was having similar problems as some of the folks here. My bluetooth would find the BB but didn’t provide any DUN services, etc. Only headset. I think it’s very dependent on what Bluetooth drivers are provided with your Bluetooth adapter (built-in or otherwise.) I found a website with instructions that (after a great deal of effort) worked for me. Click Here The part that gave me the biggest headache is that I had to completely remove the software (not just uninstall the drivers) for my Thinkpad. I did that through the old-fashioned "add/remove programs" (named slightly differently in Vista.) But, in the end, this worked very well for me. It just took some patience and persistence. I think MS’s stock BT drivers for Vista are just seriously lacking. Hope this helps. Drinks with Larry and Lauren (A Podcast) http://www.drinkswithlarryandlauren.com Last edited by LarryH : 05-25-2007 at 08:20 PM. […]
on December 11th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
[…] Today, 11:06 PM Dev-Toast » Blog Archive » Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM For anyone having the issue where DUN does not show as an option and Vista is asking to install 2 bluetooth devices it doesn’t have drivers for, the link above will resolve this issue. It’s an issue with both Vista’s (Microsoft) Bluetooth Stack and BlackBerry devices. The Vista Bluetooth stack does not support DUN, only PAN (Personal Area Network), and the BlackBerry is the opposite only supporting DUN and not PAN. A majority of manufacturers are now using the Vista Bluetooth stack over the OEM stack for the Bluetooth chipset. It’s an issue on Microsofts side for cutting DUN support, and an issue on RIM’s side for not supporting PAN. […]
on December 22nd, 2007 at 7:44 am
i need to download bluetooth versrion to my copmque presariov200 laptop ,with windows vista
on December 22nd, 2007 at 7:45 am
need free download vesiono f n=bluetooth software
in the laptop with win.vista
on December 22nd, 2007 at 7:58 am
I did not follow these directions. I was about to, downloaded the stuff, was going to go thru and do it all, however, I decided to try my luck with the drivers for my specific USB>Bluetooth first.
Mine is an IOgear usb to bluetooth adapter, specifically, the GBU221 model.
I lost the CD, so I decided to just download it off their website.
http://www.iogear.com/support/driver/GBU221-321v.zip
That is the link.
It installs the WIDCOMM 6.1.0.something
I know u said the 5.1.0.x was better for various reasons, however… not only does my bluetooth device work fine now… it works with A2DP Stereo Sound and everything else I have tried, as opposed to not having Stereo Sound.
My headset is a Motorokr S9 Stereo Bluetooth Headset, and it previously did NOT allow stereo sound as a service for my device, even with the included software from another USB>Bluetooth.
Also, a key thing to note, is that you MUST change the default sound output device in Vista to the Headset sound device or the Stereo Sound device, or most programs will not use it(most programs dont have an internal option to change sound devices sadly, however if urs does, dont bother with the default sound device).
In order to change this setting, if u have the Volume icon on ur taskbar tray, u can right click and choose Playback Devices. Otherwise it is in Start>Control Panel>Sound.
Hope this helps for anyone wanting Stereo Sound devices to work.
on December 22nd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
[…] http://www.dev-toast.com/2007/01/05/uncrippling-bluetooth-in-vista-rtm Published Saturday, December 22, 2007 6:31 PM by crwang […]
on December 25th, 2007 at 10:52 am
After a couple days I finally read the comments uninstalled the software using add/remove programs in vista then individually removed the driver software in the device manager and got everything to work. My only problem has been trying to get it blackberry desktop manager to detect via bluetooth the phone. I’m stumped. Everything else seems to be working fine and when I add the device using the wizard, it lets me select the services my blackberry 8100 provides (activesync (which it doesn’t), headset and dun). I select them and hit next but then it just asks me to set it up again.
:S help
on December 26th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Awesome guide, a bit sad that MS hasn’t uncrippled this a year later, but nonetheless, great guide, now I finally got my BT headset working with Teamspeak, thanks!
on January 7th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I did everything as in the guide. I think i did it correctly.
I got vista 32;
VID_044e&PID_3010;
Broadcom as device manufacturer.
However, at the end of everything, vista tries to find the drivers and install them, but reports:
“Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device…Windows found driver software but encountered a problem to install it…ALPS-UGPZ9-BCM2046 (this is my device)…This may be because the INF was written for Windows 95 or later”
What can i do?
on January 13th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Funciona!..pensaba que mi bluetooth no era compatible a Vista, pero luego de hacer esto me doy cuenta que todo es posible!
Muchas gracias en serio!
on January 23rd, 2008 at 5:27 am
[…] Bluetooth and Vista I’ve just started reinstalling my media center pc (I think that’s the cause of my remote control issues). While it’s doing it’s thing, I thought I’d make a quick note of a problem I remember having (and am about to have again) getting the bluetooth dongle that I bought to make my bluetooth mouse work. When I first plugged it in, I was having all sorts of trouble. In the end, this is the page that saved me: Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM. I had a panic attack about 5 minutes ago when I realised that I couldn’t remember what I’d done. Luckily I emailed someone about it all, so I was able to get the link out of my sent mail. Now it’s been officially recorded and I don’t have to worry
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:23 AM by Geoff Appleby Filed under: Geek […]
on January 29th, 2008 at 2:56 am
I did everything in the guide step by step and now I am using my Orangemicro Bluetooth perfectly. If I couldn’t find this guide I was formatting my laptop to load the XP. Thanks very much for the efforts.
on January 30th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Is this patch available for download. I am not able to open the link to download this.
Please help.
on February 3rd, 2008 at 8:26 am
I can’t seem to download the WIDCOMM 5.1.0.1100 drivers + pathcer… the link is broken.
http://www.dev-hack.com/pafiledb/
on February 8th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Regarding bobbysmith56’s post and the IOGear download. I’m running a Dell 1520 and Vista Ultimate wanting to pair a Jabra BT8040 with my laptop for Skype. Pulling my hair out and started down the path of installing the older WIDCOMM driver but downloaded the IOGear installer instead. Ran the install and WHAM!! My headset picked up and everything appears to be working. Haven’t rebooted yet, but Device Manager still shows that the MS Bluetooth Enumerator is in place. This may be just a windfall for me but it is an option for those that can’t get the Dev-Hack guide to work for them.
on February 21st, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I`ve followed the guide to the letter patching worked fine, drivers loaded. no MS Bluetoth that i can see. but it wont connect to Nokia PC suite says that it can`t find the hardware? any ideas?
on February 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Luca said,
on January 7th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I did everything as in the guide. I think i did it correctly.
I got vista 32;
VID_044e&PID_3010;
Broadcom as device manufacturer.
However, at the end of everything, vista tries to find the drivers and install them, but reports:
“Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device…Windows found driver software but encountered a problem to install it…ALPS-UGPZ9-BCM2046 (this is my device)…This may be because the INF was written for Windows 95 or later”
What can i do?
—————————————-
Ok it sounds to me that you have the same computer as i do which i was having trouble getting this to work. but i finally got it. i actually went out of steps. first what i did was installed the drivers and went threw all the driver signing warning. then after i install the drivers i did see the red bluetooth symbol. so then i went into safe mode with network. i did the patch. But notice that you will be able to see your bluetooth device under the patch window. ok after i restarted, i uninstalled the old bluetooth drviers. then i went to the windows/inf and renamed the bth files. then from there i went to the device manager found the device in question i right click and told it to update driver. then i redirected it to the widcomm /bin folder. and it picked up the drivers with out the win 95 error. and vola, open the my bluetooth places and there you are you can find your device.
hope this helps you and anyone else out.
also let this be a lesson, you dont always have to follow the instructions to get things to work
on February 25th, 2008 at 2:31 am
I’d like to second what bobbysmith56 and Serpico said. I actually have the Kensington 33348 and the IOGear drivers worked perfectly on Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit). I’m not syncing my Nokia 6555i with no problems and it installed all components just fine (modem, network, remote, etc…)
on February 25th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Sorry, typo… I’m NOW syncing…
on February 26th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I found that I had to perform an extra step before STEP7. That is to say, when I tried to patch the Widcomm driver it my device did not show up on the patch list despite adding it manually to the file in the earlier step.
How i got around this - Instead of booting in safemode to patch it, I first rebooted in normal mode and turned on my internal Bluetooth device using the physical switch. I then went to the patch program and it showed up. I immediately restarted and baught it up in Safe Mode with Networking and it was there to be patched this time.
The difference with what I experienced was I had to turn on my bluetooth device once before patching it so it would show it in the list when i did boot it in safemode.
Hope that helps some people out.
My set up is a Sony SZ680 2.4 Dual core, 4 gig ram, 32bit (stupid i know given previous point).
on February 28th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Hi.
i had been having problems with my internal bluetooth device which was not showing up in my device manager. strangely enough, it showed up today, i followed your tutorial upto the bit where i had to rename the bth inf and pnf files.after that,very weirdly, when i restarted my PC, it picked up the drivers from the extracted WIDCOMM folder and just installed them automatically. i didn’t, couldn’t follow the rest of your guidelines and it’s working fine now. i didn’t even need to use the patcher.
would anyone happen to know why it the bluetooth device had disappeared in the first place??it’s an internal BT hub, factory fitted and i’m running an unmodified ACER 5100. i used to get this error saying a device connected to the USB hub had not been recognised….but when i tried isntalling the drivers for it….it refused to be recognised by the wizard??had me stumped.
Anyway, all’s well that ends well i guess.i have to thank u guys for these drivers anyway.
on February 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
[…] Official Lenovo T61 / Vista / blackberry used as bluetooth modem - Today, 02:08 PM Hi there everyone, I have found overs differents forums that I am not the only one that have problem using my blackberry as a bluetooth modem with my lenovo T61 with Vista. Here is somes details of my setup Lenovo T61 with integrated bluetooth runing Vista Buisness with all latest windows update all latest drivers from Lenovo Blackberry 8830 from Bell mobility with adequate IT policy that should me let use the blackberry as a bluetooth modem. I got numbers of laptop with same model, and I got several blackberrys to try stuff… I’m also admin on a BES. Before writting this thread, a couple of support ticket have been open with RIM and Lenovo all without success. In somes case, RIM refered to Lenovo, and of course, Lenovo refered to RIM, none of them wanted to speak to each other. One funny thing, my RIM rep’s told me they all have T61 as regular laptop. I’ve already offered RIM to have my laptop ship to their support, and they don’t want to… they finaly refered me to Microsoft (Duh) Here is my bluetooth services listed on my 8830: Headset Handsfree Desktop Connectivity Wireless Bypass Dial-up Networking Audio Source A/V Remote Control Target Here is my bluetooth services listed on my 8830 for the pairing with the computer: (somes in french , but useless to our problem sorry) Audio gateway Casque Audio Gateway Transfer d’éléments du gestionnaire d’informations personnelles A/V Remote Control Target Audio Sink I am able to sync my laptop with my 8830 over bluetooth, it works I am able to use my blackberry as a modem to go on the internet with a USB cable the thing that don’t work, and in fact that don’t appear anywhere is the modem "modem over bluetooth" I got 2 devices in my Device Manager that are classified what I want is to use the 8830 as a bluetooth modem with my Lenovo T61 with VISTA one very interesting page is this one : Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM | Dev-Toast they ask for Device ID that should look like this: USBVID_XXXX&PID_XXXX and my result of devices ID are : BTHENUM{426c6163-6b-42-6572-7279-427970617373}_LOCALMFG&000f BTHENUM{426c6163-6b-42-6572-7279-44736b746f70}_LOCALMFG&000f to solve my problem, I *think* (RIM think that also) I need the driver call Modem over bluetooth or something like that. anyone can help? […]
on February 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
[…] Today, 02:18 PM even after reading this : Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM | Dev-Toast I’m still with the same problem can’t see my 8830 as bluetooth modem with my Lenovo T61 with Vista… […]
on February 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
you ask for Device ID that should look like this:
USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX
and my result of devices ID are :
BTHENUM\{426c6163-6b-42-6572-7279-427970617373}_LOCALMFG&000f
BTHENUM\{426c6163-6b-42-6572-7279-44736b746f70}_LOCALMFG&000f
it’s not a usb dongle but a built in bluetooth on a Lenovo T61 / vista
on March 10th, 2008 at 2:56 am
This also works for windows 2008 server (tested on a nw9440 HP compaq notebook)
on March 13th, 2008 at 2:15 am
[…] Uncrippling Bluetooth in Vista RTM | Dev-Toast […]
on March 26th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
You are awesome. I have been trying to get this working for months, and now it does! Thank you so much!
on April 3rd, 2008 at 2:43 am
[…] Â Possible Solution: I searched online and there was something about the Bluetooth stack. The below link tells you how to reinstall your bluetooth driver. After reinstalling the drivers and restarting my computer a few times, wiiGraph miraculously worked!! You might want to give it a try (at your own risk) http://www.dev-toast.com/2007/01/05/uncrippling-bluetooth-in-vista-rtm/ « inspiration and information; www.processingblogs.org and GlovePIE documentation […]
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:50 am
[…] Tagged infophile While I did not use the www.dev-toast.com/2007/01/05/uncrippling-bluetooth-in-vista-rtm/ process description for bluetooth enumerator (stack) and driver replacement, it inspired me in my perseverance and the basic approach. I’ve found too many references to failures on ThinkPads with built-in Broadcom Enhanced Data Rate adaptors, as well as being a little concerned about the license validation hack program used by that method. I’m very grateful to Tim for finding it. I’ve managed to install Broadcom XP software 5.1.0.3300 (which worked with the Wii remote on my NEC XP laptop) after uninstalling the Microsoft’s shabby excuse for a BT stack and the Lenovo driver. All works just great and I’ll try the Vista version of WIDCOMM when I have nothing better to do (it failed to install when the MS and Lenovo files were on the machine). I think we will be able to help a few Processing and Wii users out there, back to real work for now. Thanks Tim and dev-toast. […]
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I was having the same problems with Vista Ultimate. I downloaded the new Widcom driver from Broadcom, and it’s now working fine. Now if I can only get my explorer, and media player from restarting…. I’ll be a be a very happy man.
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:13 am
oops… if anyone is interested… this is the link ==> http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php
on May 14th, 2008 at 2:03 am
Thanks for the software provided i hope this would solve my problem some what………….
if successful i would reply to u later….
on May 15th, 2008 at 1:08 am
[…] 3 - Start the computer and install the Broadcom (WIDCOMM) software from www.dev-toast.com/2007/01/05/uncrippling-bluetooth-in-vista-rtm/ (old driver, will work with more devices, but no stereo headsets etc.) or any other Broadcom package (e.g. my CD) and when requested insert a certified dongle (Lee has mine, but any other that came with Broadcom software will do). The license will be verified and installation of all software will proceed OK. The Bluetooth icon in the tray should be blue and white (working). Optionally, test the Wii Remote with BlueCove in Processing. […]
on July 6th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
This is a fantastic tutorial. I installed the drivers and all my Bluetooth blues are gone. Thanks very much! This site rox.
http://www.vlsweb.com.br
on July 30th, 2008 at 6:39 am
[…] If you’re having trouble connecting the Wiimote via bluetooth, it might be worth investigating if you can change your bluetooth stack. There’s a good post on fixing bluetooth in Vista here. I’ve had success with a kind of half-arsed version of their method as well (don’t ask me, it was a couple of months ago). The forum thread for Wrj4P5 on the Processing.org forums also has a bit of discussion about this. […]