TDK PCMCIA card and Win XP SP2 - any problems?

Thanks for that. That is what I was hoping to hear. The TDK card certainly
has a load more features than the 3Com one and I didn't want to run into any
nasty conflicts between TDK software/drivers and XP SP2.

Regards,
Tim.

Thomas Warren wrote:
> the pc card, unlike the usb stick from tdk does not work with the
> drivers included in xp (sp2), so you first have to install the tdk
> driver from their website before plugging the card.
> beside that, this cards works perfect on my machine and supports
> almost all profiles (audiogateway, headset,...)
>
> cheers thomas
>
>
> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 36pcahF51h0e6U1@individual.net...
>> After struggling by with a crappy 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA card for the
>> last three years I have finally found the exalted TDK card going
>> cheap and fancy getting one. Am I likely to face any problems
>> installing this card onto XP SP2? My copy of XP has SP2 integrated
>> so I do not have the option to selectively uninstall Bluetooth
>> related Hotfix(es). Is there anything I should be aware of regarding the
>> installation
>> procedure to work within any SP2 constraints? The TDK Systems website
>> really does not seem to tackle the issue and neither does the install
>> guide for the card. I know any one of several USB dongles would be
>> the easy answer but I do not want a USB dongle sticking out of my
>> laptop as it will get snapped off - my USB ports are on the rear and
>> out of sight behind the screen.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim.

FYI, the card arrived today with Widcomm 1.4.2.18 software and installed
perfectly with no need for any jiggery pokery - just insert CD, install
software, insert card. It is far more feature rich and intuitive than the
crappy 3Com card it replaced. I'm well chuffed :-)


Tiny Tim wrote:
> Thanks for that. That is what I was hoping to hear. The TDK card
> certainly has a load more features than the 3Com one and I didn't
> want to run into any nasty conflicts between TDK software/drivers and
> XP SP2.
> Regards,
> Tim.
>
> Thomas Warren wrote:
>> the pc card, unlike the usb stick from tdk does not work with the
>> drivers included in xp (sp2), so you first have to install the tdk
>> driver from their website before plugging the card.
>> beside that, this cards works perfect on my machine and supports
>> almost all profiles (audiogateway, headset,...)
>>
>> cheers thomas
>>
>>
>> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
>> 36pcahF51h0e6U1@individual.net...
>>> After struggling by with a crappy 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA card for the
>>> last three years I have finally found the exalted TDK card going
>>> cheap and fancy getting one. Am I likely to face any problems
>>> installing this card onto XP SP2? My copy of XP has SP2 integrated
>>> so I do not have the option to selectively uninstall Bluetooth
>>> related Hotfix(es). Is there anything I should be aware of
>>> regarding the installation
>>> procedure to work within any SP2 constraints? The TDK Systems
>>> website really does not seem to tackle the issue and neither does
>>> the install guide for the card. I know any one of several USB
>>> dongles would be the easy answer but I do not want a USB dongle sticking
>>> out of my
>>> laptop as it will get snapped off - my USB ports are on the rear and
>>> out of sight behind the screen.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim.

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Congrats! Where did you get it? How much? I can't find it anywhere?
Thanks...


"Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:420a1dc6$0$85131$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
> FYI, the card arrived today with Widcomm 1.4.2.18 software and installed
> perfectly with no need for any jiggery pokery - just insert CD, install
> software, insert card. It is far more feature rich and intuitive than the
> crappy 3Com card it replaced. I'm well chuffed :-)
>
>
> Tiny Tim wrote:
>> Thanks for that. That is what I was hoping to hear. The TDK card
>> certainly has a load more features than the 3Com one and I didn't
>> want to run into any nasty conflicts between TDK software/drivers and
>> XP SP2.
>> Regards,
>> Tim.
>>
>> Thomas Warren wrote:
>>> the pc card, unlike the usb stick from tdk does not work with the
>>> drivers included in xp (sp2), so you first have to install the tdk
>>> driver from their website before plugging the card.
>>> beside that, this cards works perfect on my machine and supports
>>> almost all profiles (audiogateway, headset,...)
>>>
>>> cheers thomas
>>>
>>>
>>> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>> 36pcahF51h0e6U1@individual.net...
>>>> After struggling by with a crappy 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA card for the
>>>> last three years I have finally found the exalted TDK card going
>>>> cheap and fancy getting one. Am I likely to face any problems
>>>> installing this card onto XP SP2? My copy of XP has SP2 integrated
>>>> so I do not have the option to selectively uninstall Bluetooth
>>>> related Hotfix(es). Is there anything I should be aware of
>>>> regarding the installation
>>>> procedure to work within any SP2 constraints? The TDK Systems
>>>> website really does not seem to tackle the issue and neither does
>>>> the install guide for the card. I know any one of several USB
>>>> dongles would be the easy answer but I do not want a USB dongle
>>>> sticking out of my
>>>> laptop as it will get snapped off - my USB ports are on the rear and
>>>> out of sight behind the screen.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Tim.
>
> --
> Please quote "easytiger" for your PlusNet referral :-)
>

Carphone Warehouse in the UK. £50 on "special" at the moment and over £100
in some places. I also had a £20 voucher because they messed me around a
year ago when buying some PDAs so it effectively cost me just £30.

Note I bought online and the card came in clear plastic packaging with a
manufacture date of Jan 2005. I initially went into a CPW store where, after
a long search and a lot of shrugging, they found a dusty old box with a May
2003 date. The old card was finished in green rather than the new blue and I
bet the software was seriously out of date. Mind you, there is a download
available from the tdksystems website but that looks like 1.4.2.0 rather
than 1.4.2.18 that came with my card. I don't know whether there are any
physical hardware differences with the card itself but I'm a lot happier
with a brand new card than one nearly two years old. Delivery was free and
arrived next day.

Since you probably don't have a CPW voucher take a look at
http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/59/9 where it is under £30 inc VAT. I'm
not sure about postage though.

Cheers,
Tim.
M. Saaaddy wrote:
> Congrats! Where did you get it? How much? I can't find it anywhere?
> Thanks...
>
>
> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:420a1dc6$0$85131$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>> FYI, the card arrived today with Widcomm 1.4.2.18 software and
>> installed perfectly with no need for any jiggery pokery - just
>> insert CD, install software, insert card. It is far more feature
>> rich and intuitive than the crappy 3Com card it replaced. I'm well
>> chuffed :-) Tiny Tim wrote:
>>> Thanks for that. That is what I was hoping to hear. The TDK card
>>> certainly has a load more features than the 3Com one and I didn't
>>> want to run into any nasty conflicts between TDK software/drivers
>>> and XP SP2.
>>> Regards,
>>> Tim.
>>>
>>> Thomas Warren wrote:
>>>> the pc card, unlike the usb stick from tdk does not work with the
>>>> drivers included in xp (sp2), so you first have to install the tdk
>>>> driver from their website before plugging the card.
>>>> beside that, this cards works perfect on my machine and supports
>>>> almost all profiles (audiogateway, headset,...)
>>>>
>>>> cheers thomas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>>> 36pcahF51h0e6U1@individual.net...
>>>>> After struggling by with a crappy 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA card for
>>>>> the last three years I have finally found the exalted TDK card
>>>>> going cheap and fancy getting one. Am I likely to face any
>>>>> problems installing this card onto XP SP2? My copy of XP has SP2
>>>>> integrated so I do not have the option to selectively uninstall
>>>>> Bluetooth related Hotfix(es). Is there anything I should be aware
>>>>> of regarding the installation
>>>>> procedure to work within any SP2 constraints? The TDK Systems
>>>>> website really does not seem to tackle the issue and neither does
>>>>> the install guide for the card. I know any one of several USB
>>>>> dongles would be the easy answer but I do not want a USB dongle
>>>>> sticking out of my
>>>>> laptop as it will get snapped off - my USB ports are on the rear
>>>>> and out of sight behind the screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Tim.

p.s. CPW link here - watch line wrap -

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/com...OT H.TDKBTPCC

Tiny Tim wrote:
> Carphone Warehouse in the UK. £50 on "special" at the moment and over
> £100 in some places. I also had a £20 voucher because they messed me
> around a year ago when buying some PDAs so it effectively cost me
> just £30.
> Note I bought online and the card came in clear plastic packaging
> with a manufacture date of Jan 2005. I initially went into a CPW
> store where, after a long search and a lot of shrugging, they found a
> dusty old box with a May 2003 date. The old card was finished in
> green rather than the new blue and I bet the software was seriously
> out of date. Mind you, there is a download available from the
> tdksystems website but that looks like 1.4.2.0 rather than 1.4.2.18
> that came with my card. I don't know whether there are any physical
> hardware differences with the card itself but I'm a lot happier with
> a brand new card than one nearly two years old. Delivery was free and
> arrived next day.
> Since you probably don't have a CPW voucher take a look at
> http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/59/9 where it is under £30 inc
> VAT. I'm not sure about postage though.
>
> Cheers,

Thank you Tiny for getting back to me! I am in the US though!! It is $120 at
the local Comp.Shops, I am still looking online for a better deal. Thanks
again.


"Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:420b2ae4$0$93189$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
> Carphone Warehouse in the UK. £50 on "special" at the moment and over £100
> in some places. I also had a £20 voucher because they messed me around a
> year ago when buying some PDAs so it effectively cost me just £30.
>
> Note I bought online and the card came in clear plastic packaging with a
> manufacture date of Jan 2005. I initially went into a CPW store where,
> after a long search and a lot of shrugging, they found a dusty old box
> with a May 2003 date. The old card was finished in green rather than the
> new blue and I bet the software was seriously out of date. Mind you, there
> is a download available from the tdksystems website but that looks like
> 1.4.2.0 rather than 1.4.2.18 that came with my card. I don't know whether
> there are any physical hardware differences with the card itself but I'm
> a lot happier with a brand new card than one nearly two years old.
> Delivery was free and arrived next day.
>
> Since you probably don't have a CPW voucher take a look at
> http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/59/9 where it is under £30 inc VAT.
> I'm not sure about postage though.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim.
> M. Saaaddy wrote:
>> Congrats! Where did you get it? How much? I can't find it anywhere?
>> Thanks...
>>
>>
>> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:420a1dc6$0$85131$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>>> FYI, the card arrived today with Widcomm 1.4.2.18 software and
>>> installed perfectly with no need for any jiggery pokery - just
>>> insert CD, install software, insert card. It is far more feature
>>> rich and intuitive than the crappy 3Com card it replaced. I'm well
>>> chuffed :-) Tiny Tim wrote:
>>>> Thanks for that. That is what I was hoping to hear. The TDK card
>>>> certainly has a load more features than the 3Com one and I didn't
>>>> want to run into any nasty conflicts between TDK software/drivers
>>>> and XP SP2.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Tim.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas Warren wrote:
>>>>> the pc card, unlike the usb stick from tdk does not work with the
>>>>> drivers included in xp (sp2), so you first have to install the tdk
>>>>> driver from their website before plugging the card.
>>>>> beside that, this cards works perfect on my machine and supports
>>>>> almost all profiles (audiogateway, headset,...)
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers thomas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Tiny Tim" <_tim_dodd@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>>>> 36pcahF51h0e6U1@individual.net...
>>>>>> After struggling by with a crappy 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA card for
>>>>>> the last three years I have finally found the exalted TDK card
>>>>>> going cheap and fancy getting one. Am I likely to face any
>>>>>> problems installing this card onto XP SP2? My copy of XP has SP2
>>>>>> integrated so I do not have the option to selectively uninstall
>>>>>> Bluetooth related Hotfix(es). Is there anything I should be aware
>>>>>> of regarding the installation
>>>>>> procedure to work within any SP2 constraints? The TDK Systems
>>>>>> website really does not seem to tackle the issue and neither does
>>>>>> the install guide for the card. I know any one of several USB
>>>>>> dongles would be the easy answer but I do not want a USB dongle
>>>>>> sticking out of my
>>>>>> laptop as it will get snapped off - my USB ports are on the rear
>>>>>> and out of sight behind the screen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Tim.
>
>