When it instructs you to plug in the Bluetooth adapter click OK, do NOT plug in the adapter, and click Cancel instead.ĥ) When the installation has completed, plug in the adapter and let Windows install the driver.Ħ) At this point there will be two Bluetooth icons in the system tray one is blue and white and is installed with the Windows driver. To force Windows XP to use the WIDCOMM driver, perform the following steps: 1) Don't plug in the Bluetooth dongle or adapter yet.Ģ) If you have any Bluetooth software other than the Windows drivers installed, go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall them.Ĥ) Install the WIDCOMM Bluetooth software. Additionally, the generic driver does not support the Audio Gateway or Audio Headset Profiles.
This generic driver interferes with the WIDCOMM Bluetooth software. The WIDCOMM driver is not WHQL certified, so Windows XP will use the generic driver instead.
The WIDCOMM software is used in many of the popular Bluetooth adapters on the market (including some made by Belkin or TDK). Many Bluetooth adapters use software from Widcomm which require Widcomm drivers. In Service Pack 2, Microsoft included a generic Bluetooth driver which is WHQL certified.
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