Actually, my site NEVER had the Widcomm drivers available for download... Could you be thinking of Jon's Guides who used to have a link to the Widcomm drivers, and a License patch/hack... but had to take them down at Broadcom's request?Originally Posted by Ikarius
As I have said many times in threads here (and is on my equipment page)...As for your T40p... visit... http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...cid=MIGR-50245*The Widcomm software is tied to hardware via device serial number. Due to this, you can only use the software that comes with your dongle or has been provided by the hardware manufacturer's web site.....
That is actually the Widcomm v1.4.34 software/drivers repackaged for IBM (so once installed they will not say Widcomm, but rather IBM Integrated Bluetooth, that is the ONLY difference. Once you download/unpack, take a look at C:\drivers\WIN\BDCACT\btwusb.inf, assuming that is where you unpacked them to, you will see its Widcomm). Install it. Note: Downloading and running bthwxp1o.exe only EXTRACTS the installer to the HD (usually C:\drivers\WIN\BDCACT) you must install by then running the SETUP.EXE in that folder... Make sure you follow the install instructions on the download page... Those steps should be good to get your dongle to use the Widcomm Drivers rather than the XP SP2 BT drivers...
On a factory pre-loaded system, those drivers should already be installled. If your system came with XP SP1 or less, and you later installed SP2 yourself, then SP2's driver may have just taken over... See if you have two bluetooth icons in the system tray... Or check Add/Remove programs to see if the IBM Bluetooth software is already installed...
An additional references once you get the IBM Integrated Bluetooth (WIDCOMM) drivers installed -> http://www.bvrp.com/customers/motorola/XPsp2_and_BT.pdf as well as http://www.v710.org/mark/Files/Widcomm3_QIG.pdf (start on page 11 where it says 2. Switching from Microsoft Driver to WIDCOMM)
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