i have a new vostro 1400 which came with widcomm bluetooth stack. my
blackberry phone is not compatible and i have to remove the widcomm driver
and let xp take over. however, it doesnt look like xp supports bcm2045
(bluetooth hardware) on its own. does anyone know?
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iwannagolf

On Jan 7, 10:09*pm, iwannagolf <iwannag...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> i have a new vostro 1400 which came with widcomm bluetooth stack. my
> blackberry phone is not compatible and i have to remove the widcomm driver
> and let xp take over. however, it doesnt look like xp supports bcm2045
> (bluetooth hardware) on its own. does anyone know?
> --
> iwannagolf

Do you have Service Pack 2 install? Microsoft's Bluetooth drivers
exists in Service Pack 2 and is more limited than the Widcomm
(Broadcom) drivers.

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iwannagolf


"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Jan 7, 10:09 pm, iwannagolf <iwannag...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > i have a new vostro 1400 which came with widcomm bluetooth stack. my
> > blackberry phone is not compatible and i have to remove the widcomm driver
> > and let xp take over. however, it doesnt look like xp supports bcm2045
> > (bluetooth hardware) on its own. does anyone know?
> > --
> > iwannagolf
>
> Do you have Service Pack 2 install? Microsoft's Bluetooth drivers
> exists in Service Pack 2 and is more limited than the Widcomm
> (Broadcom) drivers.
> yes, sp2 installed. this hardware is new from broadcom and i suspect sp2 does not have drivers which support it. does anyone know?