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1. 1 Anonymous on June 14, 2004 3:12 am

   I find it horrible, coz i’cant use my vendor bluetooth driver (i use billionton blutooth dongle), windows recognize it as nano sierra bluetooth device. now i have activate the bluetooth device everytime i want to send file from my phone (by using the wizard, send and receive file) while before i only have to send the file via bluetooth and my phone automaticaly detect my pc (when i still using using my billionton driver)

2. 2 Anonymous on June 14, 2004 3:56 am

   Nasty. Are you sure you can’t use your vendor drivers? I have SP2 installed and my TDK Systems WIDCOMM drivers work fine.

3. 3 Anonymous on July 1, 2004 5:30 am

   Can anyone tell me where I can download a driver for a Billionton Bluetooth USB Dongle (USBBTC1A-B).

   I am having no luck with the billionton website as I purchased the dongle on EBay with no CD and they only have updates to the drivers supplied on CD.

   Thanks BRENT.

4. 4 Anonymous on July 6, 2004 3:19 pm

   I found that you can replace the MSFT driver with the vendoe driver fairly easily.

5. 5 Anonymous on July 11, 2004 3:07 am

   USBBTC1A-B

6. 6 Anonymous on July 13, 2004 2:11 am

   I have got usb bluetooth, on the device no name only model BT-222 only.
   can any one tell me where can get driver for XP and how to install.

   regards

7. 7 Anonymous on July 15, 2004 3:37 am

   Do you got it?( Driver bluetooth for XP )If you got it ,Pls send it to me .
   Thx.

8. 8 Anonymous on August 14, 2004 12:46 am

   did you

9. 9 Anonymous on August 25, 2004 6:15 pm

   Brent hello. Did You manage to find a driver for this. It made me mad also.

10. 10 Anonymous on August 25, 2004 7:51 pm

    Go here to to down load driver follow the links to blue tooth

    AND READ CAREFULLY YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE SP2 DRIVER WITH THE ORIGINAL BILLIONTON DRIVER

    http://www.billionton.com/website/index.html

11. 11 Anonymous on September 11, 2004 12:02 pm

    I have the same Bluetooth usb.  Its a Widcomm BT-222.  Widcomm was recently taken over by Broadcom.  Both searchable on the web.

12. 12 Anonymous on September 13, 2004 3:13 am

    I plugged in a belkin bluetooth usb stick and windows XP recognised it immediately. However no services were offered (as in zero). I had to load the belkin software and remove the xp driver to get the audio in and out on a bluetooth headset to work. So while xp may recognise and configure the device it doesnt sem to make it usable for much. 

13. 13 Anonymous on September 14, 2004 9:03 am

    Is there any doc or a link directly to a doc on hot to replace the SP2 bluetooth with the billionton drivers ?

    Please ?

    regards
    L

14. 14 Anonymous on September 14, 2004 9:36 am

    Download Billionton bluetooth driver version 1.4.2.11 here :

    http://www.billionton.com.tw/website/download/driver/Bluetooth_old/1.4.2.11-N/1.4.2.11-N.htm

15. 15 Anonymous on September 18, 2004 1:00 am

    http://www.pheenet.com

16. 16 Anonymous on September 18, 2004 7:16 pm

    thanks to your advice, i have downloaded my driver from the site 2.

    for some reason, main site is out of order ??!!

    best regards,

    Cedomir

17. 17 Anonymous on October 1, 2004 9:42 pm

    Hi Brent did you manage to find any driver for USBBTC1A-B?? if you have pls email me at derrick_ang73@yahoo.com.sg

    Thanks

    Derrick

18. 18 Anonymous on October 2, 2004 3:53 am

    I have exactly the same problem. I plug in my Typhoon Bluetooth Dongle and XP recognizes it immediately. The I pair my Headset with my computer, but no services are offered. Now I just need to find out, how to replace the XP SP2 Bluetooth driver with my manufactor driver..

19. 19 Anonymous on October 2, 2004 3:16 pm

    Bluetooth Device wizard?  I cant find the contol panel Item "Bluetooth Device" when I connect my bluetooth tranciever.  I am trying to install the Microsoft Optical Elite Desktop set for Bluetooth and I get stuck at the step which tells me to go to the Bluetooth Device item in Control Panel.  I have also tried the run command bthprops.cpl and no luck.  I have also found the file and tried to open no luck.  Has someone had this problem and if so how did you overcome it?

20. 20 Anonymous on October 4, 2004 3:35 pm

    Yeah, I had this problem too. I’m not quite sure how it happened, but the only way I could solve it was to use System Restore to go back to the day before I installed the dongle, and start again.

21. 21 Anonymous on October 5, 2004 6:05 pm

     I don’t think XP bluetooth driver support audio profile. I would stick with the manufacturer’s driver.

22. 22 Anonymous on October 6, 2004 4:02 pm

    Hi! I would like to use my Logitech Bluetooth headset on my IBM T40p. It has integrated Bluetooth, but I don’t have any special software. Win XP SP2 recognizes my headset, but I can’t do anything with it. Can anyone help? That would be really nice!

     

    Sebastian

23. 23 Anonymous on October 8, 2004 6:26 am

    thank u very much i have got the usb driver

24. 24 Anonymous on October 9, 2004 8:47 am

    can anyone tell me from where i can get fong bluetooth driver

25. 25 Anonymous on October 9, 2004 10:13 pm

    i would like to knopw how did you solve the problem.  I have the same…

26. 26 Anonymous on October 11, 2004 6:34 am

    I also have the same problem, I can connect my blueooth headset, but cant do anything with it, I dont think logitech have drivers for SP2?? (Im not using the logitech bluetooth hub).

    Any help is much appreciated.

    Liam

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28. 28 Anonymous on October 12, 2004 11:06 am

    Belkin F8T001uk v2 (Widcomm) Bluetooth USB Adapter Dongle Not Recognised by the Computer as a New USB Device

    I have a Sony Desktop Computer PCV-RX1 with Win XP and SP2 from Microsoft Windows installed (but the dongle was not recognised before or after I installed it). I have no license problem.

    I can install the drivers (Widcomm) and the ones from the CD (Belkin) without any problem. But my computer just won’t recognised the USB Bluetooth Dongle. Whatever I do, when I plug it in after installing the drivers, it does not recognise a new USB Device.

    I tried to Add a new Hardware, using the Widcomm drivers. I also tried with “I Have the Disk” and then point to the BIN folder of the Widcomm or Belkin Drivers on my hard drive (depending on which one I tried). Nothing makes the computer recognise the Bluetooth Device. Any idea?

    Note: it works perfectly well with my portable computer which recognised it instantly.

     

     

     

     

29. 29 Anonymous on October 13, 2004 11:55 am

    Thank you, I have now solved my problem. The plastic around my USB port prevented the device from being completely inserted. I have plugged the device on the USB port at the back of my computer and it was recognised instantly.

    rmt

     

30. 30 Anonymous on October 18, 2004 7:23 pm

    SP2 does not have a profile for headset support (HS). you will have to use the bluetooth-stack that came with your bluetooth adapter (if it is a usb-stick it is most likely some incarnation of widcomm software)you would then have to replace the “generic bluetooth radio” driver in device-mgr. with the one represented by the btwusb.inf on your usb-stick-manufacturers disk. it works although reliability of widcomm software is an issue.
    urs

31. 31 Anonymous on October 24, 2004 3:04 pm

    Those of you wishing for the drivers for a
    BLUETOOTH CLASS 1 BILLIONTON USB ADAPTER (USBBTC1A-B)

    should download them from any of the sites which have this file on them:
    http://www.google.com/search?q=1.4.2.11.-n.zip

32. 32 Anonymous on October 25, 2004 8:39 pm

    Ok I’m a newb to BT(bluetooth), but the widcomm driver problems i’ve been having with XP SP2 are realy frustrating, OK i’m only using a LINKSYS BT Dongle, and a Jabra250 BT headset both checked out on Jons Bluetooth guide http://www.jonsguides.com/bluetooth/index.html .The biggest problem to start with are this. Half way through the CD setup it asks you to Connect the Bluetooth device, on doing so XP jumps in as I click ok on the software CD, before the cd setup can finish the XP Drivers are now ready to use .Except the Windows drivers dosn’t support headsets!!?? its 2004 Microsoft! they just don’t want us using SKYPE, depsite the properties saying its working properly. LINKSYS in there wisdom have compressed the setup so that the drivers arn’t available for manual updateing of drivers, So my friend who has the exact same devices sent me the 2 main WIDCOMM drivers which i placed in C:\windows\system32\drivers and swapped them around in device manager . It worked! once :/ after rebooting I’m now stuck with NO AUDIO, although they are both talking to each other and saying that all is working, ive realy checked the AUDIO PROPERTIES being a sound engineer, the VOLUME and CAPTURE are both on BLUETOOTH DEVICE, in CONTROL PANEL, SOUNDS, it’s also configured properly, IN DEVICE MANAGER deep in the SOUNDS PROPERTIES they are enabled ok but the VOLUME SLIDER seems muted out to 0 event he tick box, but the device tabs say all is ok. 1. How can i stop windows jumping in and taking over the rest of the install? 2. I tryed installing IBM widcomm driver , the patch didn’t work, i’ll try running from RUN CMD prompt. so far my bluetooth experience have been horrible, I dont mind having ann icon that says Anetwork device is unconected, as i have been told this is “normal” any help would be greatful. Mr Tubbs Brighton UK

33. 33 Anonymous on October 28, 2004 12:19 pm

    I reacently installed SP2 on my computer, which runs with XP. Since then, i had probelms. I cannot synchronize my cell phone with outlook 2002 anymore.

    I have an Acer TM 803 with integrated Bluetooth.

    Furthermore some programs cannot recognize my Bluetooth device. But Microsoft installed a standard driver. What can i do to solve the problem an synchronize my mobile with outlook again?!

    Thanx…

34. 34 Anonymous on November 30, 2004 3:17 pm

    Check out this guide:
    ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dbt120_revB3/QIG/WinXP_servicepack2/dbt120_InstallationGuide_winxpsp2.pdf

    . The procedure given works for almost all USB Bluetooth devices. You can easily remove the default Microsoft drivers and install your hardware vendor provided drivers.

35. 35 Anonymous on January 8, 2005 5:09 pm

    Hi. I have the same situation (IBM T41 and Jabra headset). Did you find a solution?

36. 36 Anonymous on January 8, 2005 5:10 pm

    Hi. I have the same situation (IBM T41 and Jabra headset). Did you find a solution?

37. 37 Anonymous on February 17, 2005 2:05 pm

    Hi, maybe you would be good enough tohelp. You seem to have got to where I would like to be. I have a tdk go blue dongle and it has been great. I changed laptops. NOw I have XPSP2. I followed all TDK instructions, loading from CD, then plugged in device and had problem. Read what to do, select device in device manager and change driver - tried and rebooted. WHen it came back up the device was not there. Reinstalled device and tried to change driver. Now the usb adapter is shown under icon above bluetooth in device manager, but will not let me change driver - it says “windows cannot load BTW”. If I try and uninstall the device it says, “cannot find BTW”. If I try and update the firmware on the device it says “cannot fnd BTW”. If I try and update widcomm bluetoioth stakc it says “cannot find BTW”. If I plug the device in windows will not recognise it and provide IP address - something it always did and I need. But it can see other devices, but provides only on service “p” and this appears to do nothing.
    ANy ideas?

38. 38 Anonymous on February 19, 2005 11:18 am

    pl;s tell me how to use bluethooth driver on windows XP SP2 …. reply me at akshay_sach@yahoo.com… i have WIDCOMM bluetooth dongle

39. 39 Anonymous on February 21, 2005 7:10 am

    I think you’d best contact TDK directly. I think I just followed the instructions and it worked for me. Best of luck, anyway

40. 40 Anonymous on February 21, 2005 7:52 am

    I hate Bill gates and all his patchy faulty crapy software……pretencious alleged Operating Systems.
    Next windows update will be ” Cumulative update for user who wants to go to the toilet during download of yet another useless patch that will only help to not help but to enable spying on users easier.
    Thank God Windows XP is out of my window.

41. 41 Anonymous on February 24, 2005 6:38 pm

    Exactly the same problem and no solution? did you find one?

42. 42 Anonymous on February 26, 2005 1:54 am

    disable bluetooth services in windows xp, then rename 4 files located in winnt\system32 and winnt\system32\drivers:
    bthprops.cpl
    bthport.sys
    bthusb.sys
    fsquirt.exe

    I appended an “x” (xbthprops.cpl)
    reinstalled widcomm and presto… no more xp sp2 crap.

43. 43 Anonymous on February 27, 2005 4:38 am

    Try Linux and see how that works

    That don’t work at all

44. 44 Anonymous on February 27, 2005 5:27 pm

    Have received new Samsung D500 phone today, should be able to connect it to computer to up/download, but cannot see Bluetooth in the control panel.

    Running XPSP2.

    Would really appreciate any help.

    Ta

45. 45 Anonymous on March 1, 2005 12:24 am

    thx

46. 46 Anonymous on March 21, 2005 8:46 pm

    I followed the same procedure for my GG03 headset with IBM T41 built-in BT with XP SP2 - It corrected the XP SP2 BT driver issue and works like a champ. Thank you!
    ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dbt120_revB3/QIG/WinXP_servicepack2/dbt120_InstallationGuide_winxpsp2.pdf

47. 47 Anonymous on April 5, 2005 3:52 pm

    Press Fn+F5 then if necessary turn on Bluetooth. Also, in Access IBM, see “Using Bluetooth” (do a text search on “bluetooth” to find that).

48. 48 Anonymous on April 13, 2005 1:36 pm

    Same problem here !
    I was using Billionton Bluetooth adapter with XP for a long time. Everything was running smoothly and my life was full of joy.
    Then ServicePack 2 came along !!
    Now my BT deviced has been highjacked by Microsoft and can not be used for anything at all !

49. 49 Anonymous on April 26, 2005 2:06 am

    How did you manage to fix this problem? I’ve got the exact same situation and are totally lost….

50. 50 Anonymous on April 27, 2005 7:09 am

    Thanks for the fix! The soulution was way to obviouse for me?

    Solution:
    1.) Install third party bt app. (Widcomm)
    2.) Change BT driver in “Device Manager”
    3.) enjoy!

    ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/dbt120_revB3/QIG/WinXP_servicepack2/dbt120_InstallationGuide_winxpsp2.pdf

51. 51 Anonymous on May 30, 2005 1:32 am

    http://www.billionton.com

52. 52 Anonymous on June 4, 2005 5:59 pm

    could you find it?
    I have the same problem too.
    Bluetooth Dongle, Billionton usbbtc1a-b
    Pls email me if you found a solution. buraxu@hotmail.com

    Thanks

53. 53 Anonymous on June 10, 2005 11:43 am

    I also have the exact same problem. Did anyone found a solution to this yet?

54. 54 Anonymous on June 14, 2005 9:24 am

    Good stuff! Thanks for posting that - I’m sure plenty of people will find those links very useful!

55. 55 Anonymous on June 15, 2005 8:05 pm

    Thanks to the above poster, I’ve been trying to disable the drivers for so long! They didn’t work for anything I tried to use them with, and they kicked in whenever I tried to install the good drivers that came with my adapter. I’m able to use bluetooth again for the first time since I got SP2.

56. 56 Anonymous on July 1, 2005 2:59 pm

    Nope… didn’t work.

    Removed the BT device.
    Tried searching the hard drive for these files… renamed them…
    searched again and found they recreated themselves.
    Went into safe mode and scrubbed em this time… they didn’t reappear YAY I thought.

    Booted normally, installed the WIDCOMM drivers thinking this will work..
    plugged in USB BT device…
    AND THE BASTARD WINDOWS DRIVERS REINSTALLED

    :-/ GGrrrr

    Any ideas guys/gals?

57. 57 Anonymous on July 4, 2005 2:39 pm

    I have a spare driver cd, where are you? I am in South Africa

58. 58 Anonymous on July 11, 2005 8:11 pm

    Solution

    Hi

    You might want to take a look at the soltion presented in:
    http://www.bluetake.com/FAQ_BTW.htm
    Look at the bottom of that page, there is link for a PDF guide which is:
    http://www.bluetake.com/Manuals/BT007XBT009X/BTW_InstallationGuide_WindowsXP-SP2_EN.pdf

    Or take a look at the topic “Windows XP SP2 does have some compatibility issue.” in the FAQ at:
    http://www.jaht.com/faq/bldongle-faq.htm

    I hope it helps

59. 59 Anonymous on July 20, 2005 7:11 am

    I have exactly the same problem. And that command doesn’t work with me either (not surprisingly).
    I thought I was alone as I kept reading “help” files that told me to go there!
    I don’t have the “Bluetooth radio devices” in the “system/device manager” either. How does one get it? Did you find a solution? I’m desperate.

60. 60 Anonymous on July 26, 2005 7:51 am

    hey guy…. i purchased the billionton bluetooth dongle from singapore n it work great for me. i got it with the cd. if u need drivers, do let me know

61. 61 Anonymous on August 3, 2005 6:52 am

    I am having the same problem and haven’t figured it out yet. I’ve been able to install a bluetooth mouse and GPS unit and am able to find my PDA, but cannot set the PDA up to sync with Activesync b/c of a COM port issue and I can’t change the COM port b/c I don’t have a “Bluetooth Devices” in my control panel (and yes, I have installed SP2).

    Strange.

62. 62 Anonymous on August 15, 2005 5:12 pm

    You need to install the widcomm drivers. Apparently microsoft didnt add headset support to their drivers.

63. 63 Anonymous on August 16, 2005 7:37 am

    Got it!
    Tthe driver for the 100m class 1 bluetooth device USBBTC1A can be found here:
    http://www.cadmusmicro.com/drivers_bluetooth.htm
    it did take some finding had sumbled across it several months ago but just had to find it agin after formatting. You’ll need to read the pdf if ure using sp2 and may also need to update the firmware on your dongle, all in all was very helpful ney problems just ask.

    (mine USBBTC1A-N but i guess the added -N is just the distributor tag hardware should be the same in any case)

64. 64 Anonymous on September 13, 2005 9:32 pm

    did anyone answered to you bluetooth headset- windows xp problem?
    please email me!
    dario.bak@gmail.com

65. 65 Anonymous on September 22, 2005 11:09 am

    Centrios BT, how-to.

    Here’s how I got the Centrios USB to work:

    1- Insert CD that came with Centrios Dongle, install Centrios software.
    2- System control panel
    3- Hardware/Device manager
    4- Disable Bluetooth radio (bluetooth devices)
    5- Right click on Bluetooth radio, update driver
    6- Install from specific location
    7- Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install
    8- Click CSR USB Bluetooth device
    9- Click next
    10- Keep clicking next until the end

    it’ll install the CSR USB dongle as a regular USB device. Then you can use all the neat BT toys the CSR has in it’s tray icon rather than the limited M$ BT control panel app.

66. 66 Anonymous on October 13, 2005 9:50 am

    HELP
    IBM T42p + bluetooth headset = no way tu use my headset in audio mode…
    I tried 10 different drivers, 10 format c: also,
    IMPOSSIBLE to UNINSTALL ibm integrated bluetooth3
    please help me
    msn: porschiste@hotmail.com

67. 67 Anonymous on October 14, 2005 3:41 am

    hey dude.. i am ashwin, i am using a nokia 7650.. got a billionton usb adapter.. dont know what the problem is.. can you help me out.. mail me i ll tell you what problem i am facing.

68. 68 Anonymous on October 21, 2005 11:48 am

    Could you help me by sending me the Driver of bluetooth usbbtc1a-b.
    Thanks in advanced.
    I am Hung, Iam in VietNam
    hungdt@vistrans.com

69. 69 Anonymous on November 1, 2005 2:07 am

    I have exactly the same problem on a T41p with Plantronics Voyager 510.
    It gets recognized by XP but i can’t see it in Control Panel-Sounds-Audio.

70. 70 Anonymous on November 11, 2005 6:41 am

    Same problem, missing item,
    device is corectly detected…
    … on la Fujitsu Simens notebook WinXP Prof…. still searcing for some hints…or updates…

71. 71 Anonymous on December 2, 2005 8:47 am

    Thank you

72. 72 Anonymous on February 4, 2006 4:52 am

    I too have this problem - can you tell me if you managed to find a fix?

    Kind Regards,

    Eugene.

73. 73 Anonymous on April 20, 2006 7:50 pm

    http://www.pddi.ca/support/driver/bt_drv.htm

74. 74 Anonymous on May 8, 2006 1:44 pm

    I am having the same issue. I have used several bluetooth dongles which ARE supposed to work with widcom (so should work with SP2) but now with SP2, I don’t get the control panel, even with run command.
    Did you ever find a solution?
    On one hand, the bluetooth keyboard and mouse work on it, but I have no control over the BT or ability to add any devices that require a passcode, or use PAN, etc.

75. 75 Anonymous on May 16, 2006 9:11 pm

    You have to have the Dongle BT plugged in the USB port for the Radio devices to show in Device Manager.

76. 76 Anonymous on May 18, 2006 10:27 pm

    You can find The drivers for Billionton Bluetooth Dongle here

    ftp://59.120.191.21/1.4.2.11-B/

    Hope that helps

77. 77 Anonymous on May 23, 2006 12:18 pm

    Man please HEEELP!! I have in my unrelenting bad luck bought a bluetooth dongle “billionton usb adaptor-class 1″ . The installation mini disk was corrupted so since then i have downloaded three softwares:
    a. WIDDCOM BTW 4.0.1.1500
    b. Bluetooth Software for Windows BTW v.1.4.2.12, Multi-language version.
    c. Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Billionton

    But nothing seems to be working!!
    Any bright ideas for the prevailing darkness.

78. 78 Anonymous on June 28, 2006 4:56 pm

    i have tried to get the required soft ware but i failed so please send me the concerned
    driver ASAP or guide me to the prefferd web site to get it by easy way.

    thanks and regards.

    Nasser.

    one of your clients.

79. 79 Anonymous on September 17, 2006 12:53 am

    no

80. 80 Anonymous on February 9, 2007 5:00 pm

    Looking for a solution to the problem of the missing control panel icon (Bluetooth Devices). So far, all I’ve seen is the system restore > re-installation of said devices, has anyone found another way yet?

81. 81 Anonymous on March 14, 2007 9:57 am

    check here:
    http://www.pddi.ca/support/driver/bt_drv.htm
    However note that this device comes with a 11:11:11:…. network adress. I am currently looking for another device. It appears billionton cheated!

82. 82 Anonymous on March 14, 2007 10:06 am

    Is there anyway to fix the problem of having a 11:11:11… network address? This is the case with my billionton Class 1, USBBTC1A-B USB adapter. Also mine came with a 1.6.1.4 bluesoleil software, but when I upgrade it to the 2.3.0.0, listed as a free upgrade, it becomes an evaluation version! Any help?

83. 83 Anonymous on March 16, 2007 4:04 pm

    I need Drive For bluetooth Class1 Mov

84. 84 Anonymous on April 9, 2007 10:50 pm

    You can try download the Billionton USBBTC1A Bluetooth Driver from http://www.softwaredriverdownload.com/billionton_usbbtc1a_bluetooth_driver.html

    Billionton website do not provide link to older driver (link broken), so often no luck there.

85. 85 Anonymous on May 5, 2007 10:48 am

    hi Brent.

    please could you e-mail me with a solution once you have sorted your problem with your dongle. i have not been able to install the driver cd and therefore can not make use of my dongle. all sites lead me to a dead end. please can you help.
    justin

86. 86 Anonymous on June 8, 2007 6:42 am

    Solution
    Hey, I figured out how to get microsoft to use its own software to install my USB Bluetooth dongle.
    Uninstall the previous software if you have already tried another program
    Unplug the plug in your bluetooth dongle (or you can go to control pannel/system/device manager and scan for new hardware changes)
    Windows should then detect this unknown device
    Select the ‘Let windows connect to windows update’ and then click search
    Eventually it found and used its own microsoft stack software
    and NOW FINALLY the ‘Bluetooth Devices’ option is avaible in Control Pannel

    YAY!
    :):)

87. 87 Anonymous on June 23, 2007 1:04 pm

    The main site does work, you just have to push ‘OK’ leaving the password field empty when you want to download the driver.