Any cheap BT USB dongles with XP SP2 driver support?
Posts: n/a support the signed XPSP2 drivers and stack.. Most use Widcomm it seems. Looking at the slew of £8 dongles on ebay, it's impossible to tell.. Anyone know of one that is confirmed to work? Thanks.  Responses to "Any cheap BT USB dongles with XP SP2 driver support?"
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Posts: n/a Re: Any cheap BT USB dongles with XP SP2 driver support? On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:59:03 +0100, Bill Kraski<Bill.Kraski.NoSpam@verizon.invalid> wrote: > Black Shuck wrote: > >> Looking for a UK seller of XP SP2 Bluetooth dongles. It absolutly must >> support the signed XPSP2 drivers and stack.. Most use Widcomm it seems. > > Why not Widcom? It does work with XP SP2. The only thing is that, > after XP > installs its own drivers, you need to uninstall them & force XP to > install > the ones that come with the dongle. It should work after that. At least > it did for the person who gave me the info in the Motorola NG, using the > DLink dongle. And the procedure worked for my Targus branded Widcom. It > does just fine with my Palm & my V551. > >> Anyone know of one that is confirmed to work? > > See above. > > Bill K I don't want the hassle of Widcom, on whichever PC I plug the dongle into. The install takes forever. I simply want to "Plug and Go"... So question remains....
Posts: n/a Re: Any cheap BT USB dongles with XP SP2 driver support? Belkin - PC World - £15 - 'Plug & Go' with SP2-- HTH - Any Advice Appreciated - Please Reply To Newsgroup Only jel183(UK) "Black Shuck" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message news  p.svy12ymfmmxwtf@xpdesktop...> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:59:03 +0100, Bill Kraski > <Bill.Kraski.NoSpam@verizon.invalid> wrote: > >> Black Shuck wrote: >> >>> Looking for a UK seller of XP SP2 Bluetooth dongles. It absolutly must >>> support the signed XPSP2 drivers and stack.. Most use Widcomm it seems. >> >> Why not Widcom? It does work with XP SP2. The only thing is that, >> after XP >> installs its own drivers, you need to uninstall them & force XP to >> install >> the ones that come with the dongle. It should work after that. At least >> it did for the person who gave me the info in the Motorola NG, using the >> DLink dongle. And the procedure worked for my Targus branded Widcom. It >> does just fine with my Palm & my V551. >> >>> Anyone know of one that is confirmed to work? >> >> See above. >> >> Bill K > > > I don't want the hassle of Widcom, on whichever PC I plug the dongle > into. The install takes forever. I simply want to "Plug and Go"... > > So question remains....
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