Hi

Sorry for butting in on this thread, but hope someone can help???

I am using xp sp2, yes another sp2 problem. I use xp pro on my main pc and xp home on my laptop. (both sp2)

I have 2 dongles. (One I got today/ one ive had for a while). Both use Widcomm drivers (or should at least).

My old dongle only now works on the Microsoft driver since upgrading to sp2 though, not the Widcomm driver. The driver will change over (by updating the driver after its installed via device manager) but When using the widcomm driver for this dongle, it shows under "bluetooth devices" in device manager and doesn't work. If using it with the windows driver, it shows on device manager under "bluetooth radio" and will work.

As for the new dongle, it doesn't seem to have a microsoft driver, the Widcomm one automatically installs, but again shows on device manager under "bluetooth devices" and doesn't work. Its a ES-388 (can't see a brand)

I get the same error as everyone else using the Widcomms driver: If you go to control panel and try to access it there (click on bluetooth configuration), an alert box opens saying "bluetooth device not found". If you try and access it via the shortcut items, it then says "Your bluetooth software license does not include use of this bluetooth device" and opens a file (open) dialog box with the filename "license". On the driver cd there is a filename called "license". I have tried to open that but it doesn't work. If you try to access it from the shortcut on the desktop, nothing happens.

I have downloaded various Widcomm drivers from the web and have tried them but none seem to work, all give the same error. I can live with the old one using the microsoft driver, but would obviously like to get the new one working aswell. (if not, back to the store it goes I suppose)

Any ideas??????

Cheer Andrew