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This guide is not made by me, I got it from gsmhostings. I think it is made by illusion
(but sorry if Im wrong). I did make some minor adjustments and improved it a little.
Also created this full pack:
1. Widcomm 5.1.0.1100
2. Licence Pathcer v2
3. And included this guide to help you
I packed this into one torrent download, so that you can easily get it. No rapidshare
and other sh*ts.
A big-big thanx goes to people who made this guide, the pathcer and all the hard
work!!!!!! Check out the site: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?
f=237

********* by gurabli

How to install Widcomm drivers

What you will require:
1. Widcomm drivers (search the forums and locate the ones of your choice in this
guide, I am using version 5.1.0.1100 obtained from:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=294359)
2. Widcomm patcher v2 (obtained from:
http://allbt.land.ru/Widcomm_patcher_v2.rar)
3. Optional: Your original bluetooth drivers
Step 1 (Preparation)
First things first, if you have some bluetooth drivers already installed, you should find
out who the manufacturer of your device is. This is because Widcomm/Broadcom
'broke' compatibility with other manufacturer's devices from version 5.1.0.1100
onwards. If you are not sure, I would recommend downloading 5.1.0.1100 just to be
sure (http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=294359)
Next step is to obviously uninstall your current drivers (if you have any), which can
be done from the Add/Remove Programs bit in Control Panel. Also, remove any
bluetooth device drivers by using device manager in System (found in Control Panel):
1. Go to Control Panel, double click on 'System'
2. Click on 'Hardware' tab, then 'Device Manager'
3. In there, expand any bluetooth devices and right click and select 'uninstall'
(Repeat for all Bluetooth)
Now you may unplug your bluetooth device while we proceed.
Step 2 (Preventing Windows native Bluetooth Stack)

Then, you should remove prevent the Windows native bluetooth working:
Make sure that you have enabled viewing of hidden/system files:
1. Press Windows key + 'e' key at the same time (Windows Explorer pops up)
2. Click on Tools (Menubar) > Folder Options... > View (Tab):
3. Enable 'Show hidden files and folders'
4. Uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types'
5. Uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)' - you might
get a warning, click Yes/OK
6. Click on OK to exit.
Now, go to C:\ Drive, Windows directory, 'inf' folder, in there you will find two files,
bth.inf & bth.pnf.
Rename both of these to bth.inf.old & bth.pnf.old (in each case, confirm with the pop
up box). (Left click to highlight the file and press F2 to edit the filename)
Now restart your computer.
Step 3 (Getting your USB Bluetooth drivers ready)
The next step is to find out if you have the original drivers for your bluetooth adapter.
If you do, get them and on the CD, look for a file called 'btwusb.inf' which contains
the information required to install your bluetooth adapter later on. If you get that file,
copy it into the Win32 & Win64 folders of the Widcomm drivers folder. It should ask
you if you want to overwrite, select yes.
If you don't have your original bluetooth manufacturer drivers and you can't get them
off the internet, then here is what I did:
First of all plug in the adapter and let windows discover the device and let windows
try to install it, but it will fail. Uncheck the 'Don't ask me next time'.
1. Go to Control Panel, double click on 'System'
2. Click on 'Hardware' tab, then 'Device Manager'
3. In there, locate the Unknown (yellow) hardware device, expand it and double
click on it.
4. Click on the 'Details' tab and in there you should see a line similar to this:
USB\VID_13DD&PID_0001\012B4A-5B-0002
The numbers might be different, but what we are interested in are the
VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX (XXXX = 4 digit number).
Make a note of them and then in the Widcomm drivers folder, under win32 folder,
open the btwusb.inf for editing (prefereably in notepad). Now we will manually add
our device.
First things first, in the btwusb.inf file, do a quick search for your VID number (e.g.
13DD) and see if there are already matching entries for your device - make sure that
the VID number and PID number are both correct.

If so, then you don't need to edit the file. To search (if you are in notepad, press
'CTRL' (key) + 'f' key at the same time and type in your VID number and click on
'Find Next')
If you haven't located your device, then proceed:
There are three lines to add:
-In [ControlFlags] section:
-Add a line: ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX (change the XXXX
with the numbers from your device)
-In [WIDCOMM.NTx86.5.1] section:
-Add a line: %****.DeviceDesc%=BTWUSB, USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX ; My BT
USB Dongle
Where the **** is a string or single word in CAPITALS (e.g. your manufacturer's
name ITECH) and the XXXX's are the same numbers as before (VID & PID
respectively).
Finally, in [Strings] section:
- Add a line: ****.DeviceDesc="My BT USB Dongle"
Where **** must be the same word used in the previous step (again in CAPITALS)
and the bit between the quotes can be anything you like - it will be used to display
whatever your BT adapter is called in Device Manager. Try to stick with just spaces
and letters.
Now you can save the file and proceed with installation.
Step 4 (Installing the Widcomm drivers)
Now you are ready to install the Widcomm drivers, once again, under the folder,
double click on setup.exe and the process should begin. Confirm whenever it pops up
with the 'Warning, not digitally signed, continue?' box and mid way through when it
says no bluetooth adapters found, just click cancel to proceed anyway. Once it has
finished, you must restart the computer in safe mode to patch the bluetooth drivers.
Step 5 (Patching the Widcomm drivers)
Restart your computer and while it's booting up (you can see the black bios screen
where it detects your CPU, hard drives, etc), press the F8 key repeatedly, maybe once
every half a second, keep doing this and instead of Windows loading up, you will see
a list of options. Select the option at the very top 'Safe Mode' and press enter. On
entering safe mode, select 'Yes' to continue.
Now locate the Widcomm_patcher_v2.exe program and double click on it. you will
see three little dots next to 'BTStackServer.exe', click on those three dots and then
navigate to (C: )Local Disk > Program Files > WIDCOMM > Bluetooth Software. In
there you will see a file 'BTStackServer.exe'. Double click on it and the file should
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begin patching. (Select ok to continue)

Next, another file appears, do the same as above, but this time the file is called
BTTray.exe. Again, click ok once it's been patched.
The third file to be patched is found in (C: )Local Disk > Windows > System32. It's
a .dll file, but it's the same process as the above two steps. The forth step is also in the
same location (another .dll file).
Once this is done, you may reboot your computer again.
Step 6 (Installing your Bluetooth USB drivers)
You should notice that you have a 'My Bluetooth Places' Desktop icon as well as a
little bluetooth icon in the system tray (that's red). We are nearly there. All we need to
do now is to plug in your bluetooth device and Windows should pop up with a 'New
hardware found' box. Click on Advanced install and uncheck everything except for
'search this specific folder' (not the exact words), and click on browse. The in the new
window, navigate to C: Drive > Program Files > WIDCOMM > Bluetooth Software >
bin, then click on OK and it should begin installing your device automatically.
Once that is done, you should notice that your bluetooth icon in the system tray has
now turned from red to white. You can double click on the icon and it should pop up
with a wizard to guide you through the initial bluetooth setup process. Now you can
start using pairing and using your bluetooth devices!
Some FAQs
Q: I can't be arsed to read this whole thing, is there a shorter way?
A: Probably, but this is what I did and it works.
Q: Where can I get the latest Widcomm drivers from?
A: search the forum. (Tip: search for word 'Widcomm' in this bluetooth forum)
Q: I don't have/lost my bluetooth drivers, can I still use this guide?
A: Yes, check second part of step 3
Q: I've done everything, but bluetooth seems to be flaky and I'm having
problems with my bluetooth devices.
A: Check who the manufacturer of your bluetooth device is by right clicking on the
bluetooth icon in the system tray, select 'Bluetooth Configuration' and then click on
the 'Diagnostics' tab. In there, it will tell you the manufacturer of your bluetooth
device. If it says 'Cambridge Silicon Radio' (CSR for short), then it's best to stick with
the Widcomm drivers versions 5.1.0.1100 or lower. Later versions are known not to
work very well with CSR manufactured devices as well as others. Reinstall with
another version of the Widcomm drivers.
Q: I can't get into safe mode!
A: Hit the F8 button a bit quick multiple times as your computer is booting up (right
from the very second you push the power on button). The menu should appear.
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Q: I can only see btwusb, not btwusb.inf?

A: Make sure that 'Hide extensions for known file types' is turned off as per step 2
instructions.
Q: How do you open .inf files for editing in notepad?
A: Right click on the file and select 'Open with...' in the list, scroll down to notepad,
left click on it and then set if you want notepad to open .inf files all the time, then
select OK. Notepad should open the inf file now.
Q: There is a licence patcher (WidcommLicensePatcher), what does it do and
how do I use it?
A: I don't know how to use it, maybe someone can contribute. However, I know that
in effect it's supposed to authorise your USB Bluetooth device to use the Widcomm
drivers, as outlined in step 5. You can do either or, you do not need to do both to get
things to work.
For VISTA users:
Small update - this installation method is still valid and for many the best choice since
the new widcomm stacks (above 1100) including the latest 3600 remove a wide range
of compatibility.
Windows Vista users, version 5.1.0.1100 is fully compatible however in order to patch
the two system32 files ownership of those files and permissions need to be modified.
Do so by invoking following commands in command prompt (cmd run as admin)
takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\BTNeighborhood.dll
cacls C:\Windows\System32\BTNeighboorhood.dll /G username:F
where username is the current windows user name
If you cant patch the two files in System32 dir, you may want to copy them to a place
other than C: and than use the patch. After, it may happen, that you cant delete or
overwrite the ones in System32 with the patched files than you simply rename the
ones in System32 to .bak and copy the patched ones. It will work for 100%
****
This guide is not made by me, I got it from gsmhostings. I think it is made by illusion
(but sorry if Im wrong). I did made some minor adjustments and improved it a little.
Also created this full pack:
4. Widcomm 5.1.0.1100
5. Licence Pathcer v2
6. And this guide to help you
I packed this into one torrent download, so that you can easily get it. No rapidshare
and other sh*ts.

A big-big thanx goes to people who made this guide, the pathcer and all the hard
work!!!!!! Check out the site: http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?
f=237

********* by gurabli