Configuring the Broadcom 2045A Bluetooth Dongle in Windows
If your bluetooth dongle shows up as a BCM2045A under Other Devices in Device Manager, there’s an easier way to configure it without having to install its bulky driver from the CD you got. And if you didn’t receive a CD with your BCM2045A Bluetooth Dongle, this guide is definitely for you.
Tested on: Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Ultimate.
First, connect the device to the computer via USB as usual. Now Windows will tell you installing the new hardware has failed and so on, not even Windows Update can resolve it. This is typical of Windows as it doesn’t have the required drivers for this particular Broadcom BCM2045A Device.
Now right-click on My Computer and hit Manage. From the window that pops out, click Device Manager on the left side-pane. You must see the ‘BCM2045A’ written in it under the section ‘Other Devices’. Right click that and hit Properties now. Go to the details tab and from the drop down menu that appears, select Hardware ID. You should see two lines that look like below:
USBVID_0A5C&PID_2045&REV_0112
USBVID_0A5C&PID_2045
Right click the second one (Without the REV* thing) and select Copy.
Now head to My Computer and under the Windows directory, enter the directory named INF (or inf) and locate the bth.ini file in it. Open the bth.ini file with your favorite text editor (I prefer the vanilla Notepad), and find the line called “Device Section Start” in it.
Now locate the name ‘Broadcom‘ and under it, you’ll see a device of BCM2033 or so with a different Hardware ID. Just replace the 2033 with a 2045A and the 2033 in the Hardware ID line (Something like “Transceiver= BthUsb, USBVID_0A5C&PID_2033“) with 2045 in place of 2033. Else, just erase the USB/VID line and paste the one you had earlier copied into the clipboard.
Save the file and quit.
Now replug the device and go to Device Manager again via My Computer - Manage. Find the BCM2045A again and right click and choose Update Driver. When Windows offers to search for drivers for the 2045A ask it to show you a list of known hardware to choose manually. Now look for Bluetooth Radio devices and under that look for Broadcom.
Under Broadcom, choose the one that has 2045A (i.e, the one we edited. It may still show up as 2033, but still, select it!) And hit next. The devices will now be found, installed and configured. Thus, you dont need to install the crappy drivers from the CD unless you’re in love with it…
Happy hacking.
P.S. Next time, don’t buy a cheap hardware like this BCM2045A ones. Its better and easier to use a known and popular device even if they cost a few bucks extra. Or you can consider going in for Ubuntu OS rather.
[ratings]
nice hack without installing drivers
Gaurish
8 Feb 07 at 10:46 am
Yep, way easier than to wait half an hour installing crap 3rd party stuff. All this work needs really is a simple edit of 2033 to 2045 thats all. Then rest is history.
Harsh J
8 Feb 07 at 4:50 pm
Thanks for the clear instructions. This is exactly what I needed to get my MSI Star Key dongle (a Broadcom 2045A) to talk to my BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
The BB Desktop Manager and probably other PDA and smartphone synchronization only works with the native Microsoft Bluetooth stack.
The WIDCOMM software and drivers that came with the dongle supports additional services. For example, it could talk to my BT headset. But I didn’t need that, I needed to sync with the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and that only works with the native Windows driver stack.
This is easy and straightforward. I would add that if (like me) you already installed the Widcomm software from the CD and want to revert to the Windows stack, then find the BT hardware ID in device manager and patch your bth.ini file as described. Then uninstall the Widcomm software from Add/Remove Programs. If plugging the dongle in again loads the old driver, right click on the device in Device Manager and “Uninstall” it and then unplug it. Plugging it in again should invoke “Found New Hardware” and you can manually select the WIndows driver as described.
Thanks again,
-Yaun
Yaun
11 Feb 07 at 4:35 am
Hi, thanks a lot!
Appi
12 Feb 07 at 1:05 pm
Thanx that was a great help, and an excellent solution.
Likhan
24 Feb 07 at 1:08 am
Thanks, I wasted three hours trying to connect to Mindstorms NXT using the bloated drivers from the CD and then trying to get Windows XP to find the drivers. It’s amazing that the Iogear device instructions explicitly state that XP SP2 will automatically install the stack drivers. Maybe they should do a little testing before printing instructions. Everything is working fine now!!
Brian
25 Feb 07 at 12:46 am
u have detailed everything but could u help me out a bit more.
i am using winxp pro & have loaded the drivers cd which came along but cannot find bth.ini file
i tried uninstalling the software & plugged the device only but could not find hardware id under device manager.kindly help me setup my broadcom 2045a.
sachin redij
26 Feb 07 at 1:17 pm
Its okay if you cant find the device ID (Hardware ID), Hit C:/Windows/inf/ in the explorer and find bth.ini it’ll be there for sure if its a good copy of Windows.
Now in place of 2033 Broadcomm where it says
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2033
just remove 2033 and put in 2045.
That much will do really, next just go and update your drivers, or try replugging the device in to get the driver menu.
Harsh J
26 Feb 07 at 1:38 pm
@sachin redij
In my system the file is called bth.inf. I found it in the same directory.
The device was listed under bluetooth-devices (Free translation from german). It also had a different name. This was because I first tried to install the device with the driver on the CD.
If you are not sure witch device to select, try to plug and unplug the device and look for the entry in the device-manager that appears and disappears while you’re plugging
Some more comments on the procedure:
When you found the device in the manager, and opend the properties - details page, be sure to open the hardware-id entry. (In my german windows the default is Device-ID)
The entries in my Hardware ID were different than the ones above:
USB\Vid_0a5c&Pid_2101&Rev_0112
USB\Vid_0a5c&Pid_2101
In the bth.inf file the entries for BROADCOM also looked different:
Blutonium BCM2035 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A
BCM2033 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A
I changed the second entry (The one with 2033 in it) to:
BCM2045A Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2101
I hope that helps you
Gabi
Gabi
1 Mar 07 at 4:00 pm
I’m on Vista, and trying to make it work. However, Vista only list “Microsoft Transceiver v3.0 for bluetooth” and don’t let me select from the list of manufacturers.
help please!
edddy
7 Mar 07 at 9:56 pm
Don’t worry I made it!!
For other with the same problem:
* Press “Have disk” button
* Point to “C:\windows\inf”
* Unselect “Select only compatible devices”
* Select “broadcom”, etc, etc
edddy
7 Mar 07 at 10:27 pm
@sachin redij - I hope Gabi’s well-detailed process comment helps you!
@edddy - Cool, you figured it quickly out, go geeks!
Harsh J
7 Mar 07 at 10:39 pm
One more thing: How do proceed with the other “devices” found when you install the first driver? (I guess one is a Bluetooh enumerator and the other is listed as BTH\MS_RFCOMM in hardware ID)
edddy
7 Mar 07 at 11:29 pm
@edddy - I don’t get your query. If you’re asking about the other devices automatically installed after the BCM2045A is detected, I think it installs 2 services and fails at one. But I didn’t pay real attention to them, am sorry. I just got my BCM2045A drivers configured with the method above and then installed Nokia PC Suite to use it and give me the services for my Nokia 6681.
Harsh J
8 Mar 07 at 11:00 pm
Harsh, thanks!
I can’t make my bluetooth modem to work, too bad because I like the way the MS driver works a lot!
Thanks anyway, great tutorial!
edddy
9 Mar 07 at 1:27 am
Harsh, yes indeed many thanks. I too have the Blackberry problem, and this was the solution!
steveb
10 Mar 07 at 5:41 am
Thanks, Harsh!
It works properly with my Sony Ericsson phone… I also install the Sony Ericsson Communication Suite…
I’m looking forward for more useful tricks…
francine
14 Mar 07 at 12:51 pm
Can you read this? If yes, there are two reasons. First, you’re not blind, and second, it’s because YOU made my 200$ Logitech Wireless Keyboard work. YOU and nobody else, especially not Logitech.
Thank you so much for this Hack under Vista Ultimate!
But hey, the story doesn’t end here. First I think it’s interesting such an expensive piece of hardware (which I think is a great keyboard) uses a - like you call it - cheap Bluetooth dongle. Well, look at the profits of Logitech, at least they are working perfect for their shareholders.
Second: I do own a Macbook pro too. Guess what, the keyboard was installed in seconds without any drivers, hacks, installation, cd-rom or whatever. And of course with the built-in bluetooth, not the dongle.
I’ll let you and the readers decide, what they want to learn from that. After 20 years of Microsoft I love my Mac and OSX more every minute. Greetings from the homeland of Logitech, Tom
Tom Holliger
15 Mar 07 at 3:35 am
Thats helpful.
We are looking to deploy a Bluetooth based solution, and trying to choose dongles that will install happily without uses needing admin rights. So this approach doesn’t work for me but explains why they 2045 based dongle doesn’t work out of the box. (Somehow I got it working on my laptop without this method - but I can’t for the life of me remember how!)
Keep it up!
Simon Jackson
16 Mar 07 at 3:11 pm
Thanks sir, you are a genius
Vikas
18 Mar 07 at 1:10 pm
Hi bro gud day, i need yor help. my broadcom named BCM2035B and the bth.ini file looked like this: Blutonium BCM2033 Bluetooth 
2.4 GHz Single Chip
Transceiver=BthUsb,
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A
BCM2033 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz
Single Chip Transceiver=BthUsb
USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A i dont know where il put the 2045A in their & wer im going to replace it plz help. I need it s0 much tnx a lot
nazzer
20 Mar 07 at 12:28 am
I have a Microsoft Transceiver v 3.0 for Bluetooth (VID_045E&PID_0708). It purchase with Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000. It is interest that when I installed mouse driver in Windows XP the system sayd me that I can also install Bluetooth adapter driver wich allow me connect other devices to PC. And system gave me link to this driver. It’s normal. But when I was installing mouse driver in Windows Vista, system didn’t says me about Bluetooth driver and I can’t find it. Now I did as you and adapter is working, but some bluetooth periferials devices had been to other devices group.
and else. After installation original mouse driver and reboot - nothing mouse devices didn’t work.
Vasilk
25 Mar 07 at 12:11 am
Hi man, thanks for this detailed instructions, but there is no file with the name bth.ini in my system, what are the solution for such problem??
Apollo
1 Apr 07 at 10:46 pm
thanks alot for the above described method.
but i have still a problem that my bluetooth device BCM2045a is detected but on sending large data like 200kB or above it give the error msg that connection has been lost. plz help me
umair
2 Apr 07 at 12:36 pm
Thank you very much.
When I originally purchased this adapter, I -hated- all the third party programs. Thanks to you, I can have my Bluetooth back without all the programs bogging down my start up.
Not only that, but installing it this way was much quicker then any setup program could have been. =)
Antics
6 Apr 07 at 10:38 pm
Hi,
I could not find the file bth.ini , pls advise. THanks.
MG
8 Apr 07 at 7:53 am
Hi.. Do you have a solution for teh same problem in WIndows XP home??
tanmay
9 Apr 07 at 11:04 pm
i did the have disk thing that eddy suggested
still only shows the microsoft drivers no other manufacturers
any help would be greatly appreciated
ronnie
9 Apr 07 at 11:26 pm
Harsh, in our system I didn’t find the above mentioned (You must see the ‘BCM2045A’ written in it under the section ‘Other Devices’. Right click that and hit Properties now. Go to the details tab and from the drop down menu that appears, select Hardware ID. You should see two lines that look like below:)details, so I tried ur other method i.e. editing bth.ini file.That’s also I failed to locate.Please help in solving this problem.
kumar
18 Apr 07 at 1:58 pm
hey,
that was a great tutorial. looking fwd to hearing more from you.
Murali
24 Apr 07 at 10:21 pm
Thank You
Anantha Sharma
2 May 07 at 1:58 am
Hi thanks a lot. I followed the instructios and now have this thing working (windows vista) , I can send files to my life drive (Palm) but i can’t send files from the life drive back to the PC. Both recognize each other. Tell me if is there a way to get through.
Bye
Guido
4 May 07 at 11:55 pm
Hi all, thanx for the hack. After doing all the above as harsh mentioned, I managed to installed the driver pretty easily, but at the end. Here is where i am stucked on:
“Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)
Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.”
This happened jst after installation of the driver, I’ve got a broadcom BCM2035B
The entries in my Hardware ID were different than the ones above:
USB\Vid_0a5c&Pid_2035&Rev_0100
USB\Vid_0a5c&Pid_2035
here are the two line in my bth.ini file where i have edited the 2nd line.
[Broadcom.NT.5.1]
Blutonium BCM2035 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A
BCM2035B Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2035
If anyone got an idea to solve this problem, please post me a reply. thanx in advance
thol
6 May 07 at 2:41 pm
Dear Harsh…
Really its nice and i want to know, how u thought that we can crack it by this way also..??
Since never before i hacked anything like this.. Its a new way… Please explain me, thro my mail….
Take care….
Vignesh
11 May 07 at 7:00 pm
Excellent contribution to make life easier !
Simple, clear & concise.
I take my hat off to you
Thanks a lot
Paolo Nero
28 May 07 at 3:01 am
i have Windows XP Professional and, this system haven’t file bth.ini. what i shuld doing. my friend has WINDOWS XP home edition. i try to instal this bluetooth on your comp. everything is ok. my question. what i can doing, i hav windows xp prof
maciek poland
30 May 07 at 12:32 am
Hi maciek poland …
I think so u have not searched in hidden folders… Go to tools–>Folder options and enable the hidden files and then go to inf folder in windows directory were u will find the bth.ini file….
Vignesh
31 May 07 at 7:13 pm
HI Vignesh
i searched in hidden folders. i don’t have the bth.ini in hidden folder inf. What i have to do. Windows XP Prof. don’t have bth.inu. I checked in my home system and work. XP Home have bth.ini but XP Prof don’t have
maciek poland
31 May 07 at 7:54 pm
Harsh,
I had the same problem that Gabi had in that the INF file had different names for the drivers. First I followed your excellent instructions and my OS (I have XP) told me “Unable to Find Any Drivers for this Device”. The same thing happened after I followed Gabi’s instructions. The only difference between Gabi INF file and mine was that the line:
BCM2033 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A
Had a 200F instead of a 200A at the end. Is there anything that I am doing wrong?
Dale Hillier
1 Jun 07 at 8:02 pm
Hi.
I bought a bluetooth device in Dubai while on holiday, but left driver software there by mistake. Every time i connect the device, it comes up as a BCM2045A, and does not install. I’m running XP home, and have attemped your tutorial 3 times. However every time I get hardware update, and go to hardware type -> blue tooth device (or any other bluetooth device type), it says “(Unable to find any drivers for this device)”. Please advise…
Thanks
Trudon
2 Jun 07 at 4:06 pm
I Have identical problem.
maciek poland
2 Jun 07 at 5:46 pm
Hi maciek poland
I am using WinXp Professional as well… you can go to Start - Run and insert :
C:\WINDOWS\inf\bth.inf
- Open
It would be there, if not then you might want to upgrade your service pack to 2.
Anyone got the problem I had 2035A… well i am planning to buy a new one cox still i got no hope for it to work..
thol
4 Jun 07 at 2:26 pm
So I have the BCM2045 Dongle, I have the original CD… :)… but I just hate looking for my CD each time I reinstall windows (pretty often)… So your crack is great… 10x….
korn
13 Jun 07 at 10:24 pm
Harsh, I am buying you… a pizza!
Delta
22 Jun 07 at 4:04 am
hey…..nice doin buddy…….
u did a gr8 job. keep it up. i was totally pessseduppp form searching that dam fucking driverzz….. thanxxx a lot dude….
bye take care……:)
ANURAG_bora
24 Jun 07 at 8:17 pm
Thanks a lot harsh !!
The instructions were very clear to install the device . I wasted three days trying to install the bluetooth.
abhijeet
26 Jun 07 at 1:34 am
No problem people
Sorry about not providing enough support in comments here. I don’t have much idea about some
Harsh
26 Jun 07 at 1:47 am
thnks a ton buddy!!!
girish
6 Jul 07 at 8:39 am
Harsh, Great help. Thanks!
These are some things I discovered/figured out when working through this solution and thought It may help some others too…
My bth.inf file was in the i386 directory instead of windows. I’m running Media Center 2005 SP2.
Instead of replacing a line in the inf file, I just added:
BCM2045A Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2101
to the end of the Broadcom list, after the 2033 and 2035 entries.
Notice I set my device ID as 2101 instead of 2045, because that’s what my device properties listed it as.
Next I clicked reinstall drivers, and then had to manually select the Bluetooth Radio option, after that it picked it up with no problem as a Broadcom 2045A.
Just a note, The Installation also required bthusb.sys which it couldn’t find, so I found it in C:\i386\SP2.CAB the Windows Service Pack 2 cab file. I opened the cab file and copied the bthusb.sys into my i386 folder with the other bth* files. After I did that, installation completed and now I can use my Windows mobile device with my Microsoft Bluetooth stack, Yaaa!!
Widcomm drivers came with the BT dongle (an IOGear GBU321), but I have a couple of programs on my handheld that require microsoft BT stack to communicate.
Stephen
6 Jul 07 at 10:23 am
Hi,
I have BCM 2035B dongle blue tooth device . And i am unable to find drivers for it .
Can you suggest hoe to use my device without actually installing drivers.
With regards
Ashish Patil
Ashish
12 Jul 07 at 12:02 pm
Hi when i change the 2033 to 2045A it wont let me save it can u help please?
Ronnie McDowell
14 Jul 07 at 4:46 pm
I have follow your instruction ….
Thanks a lot, the bluetooth is detected
But i still have a problem …..
My PC can not send or receive file from my handphone (nokia 3110 classic)
My PC using XP Professional SP 2
How can this happen ???
Thanks before
Regards
Ferdian
18 Jul 07 at 2:03 pm
Thanks
With your help I Finally managed to get it functional.
Regards,
gabriel
Gabriel
21 Jul 07 at 11:35 am
Hi when i change the 2033 to 2045A it wont let me save it can u help please?it displays a message c:/windows/inf/bth.inf file cannot be created…….pls help
seeko
29 Jul 07 at 12:02 pm
Thanks a lot,
I installed it in my comp, fantastic , am so happy so that i can trnasfer my all files frm mobile to comp
Tejas
Tejas
9 Aug 07 at 4:06 pm
Thanks Harsh, it’s very easy to install i successfully installed thanks once again
Pradeep
11 Aug 07 at 10:57 am
Works fine, thanks a lot..
andre
24 Aug 07 at 2:00 am
Great hack, Harsh!
I’ve just bought this BT device on a popular open market here in Brazil, and the CD wouldn’t even load. Now my BT is working fine, and now I have a fine pendrive with my cell.
May I publish your tutorial on a forum where I’m a member? Of course, posting your credits for this discover. =)
Thanks!
arthur_felipe
7 Sep 07 at 12:13 am
Sure, I don’t mind if you do that.
Harsh
8 Sep 07 at 9:00 am
Thanks that was a great help, and an excellent solution.
***But after that i tried to connect my mobile & bluetooth headset. device detect my both mobile and headset. but there have only option for send and receive data. I have tested on my mobile its working.I did not find any service of headset.Now how can i will connect my BLUETOOTH HEADSET. i also use bluetooth software but they could not detect my bluetooth device. Please help me…….
sohel
10 Sep 07 at 4:52 pm
hi, i have followed all steps above but i still can’t install the drivers for bcm2045a. maybe it’s because i haven’t upgraded to SP2. im sorry but my winxp pro is not genuine so windows update doesn’t work for me.
can u help me pls?
aika
10 Sep 07 at 5:06 pm
@sohel - Sorry man, no clue. Actually this hack doesn’t install all required stuff, some MS component fails to install. Maybe that’s where you should look into. I don’t have a headset yet to try out.
@aika - Get a genuine copy or use the bundled CD.
Harsh
10 Sep 07 at 5:14 pm
Hi when i change the 2033 to 2045A it wont let me save it can u help please? I am really stuck
Thanks
Ronnie McDowell
11 Sep 07 at 12:03 am
GREAT Hack….Made my Dell TrueMobile 350 Bluetooth Internal Device work on in Dell Inspiron 8500 Laptop running XP w/SP2
Dell support could never get it working…
bfregeau
14 Sep 07 at 10:51 am
Thank you. Nice Work Around. Works for Vista 32 bit like a dream…lol.
Rahul64
14 Sep 07 at 10:36 pm
For the Ronnie McDowell query…. turn off the UAC in VISTA or just save as a .inf file on your desktop. Copy the file to the Windows/inf folder. It will work like a charm.
Rahul64
14 Sep 07 at 10:38 pm
This litrachure is wealth worth.
Nilesh
17 Sep 07 at 2:14 am
Funny how when I plug the thing into my mac it works without so much as a whisper whilst my xp machine I have to stuff around…
Once you go mac, you dont go back…
Ollie J
18 Sep 07 at 5:16 am
But you did go back to XP didn’t you?
Same thing with Linux, it just works.
Harsh
18 Sep 07 at 6:06 am
Hello guys,can any one help me out with the bluetooth device software for BCM2045A? am having a windows vista,Hp pavilion dv2000. I’ve tried to configure it manually just as Harsh.J. has instructed but it still did not work.
If there is any other way please help me out.Software can be sent to my mail omasheho@yahoo.com
Let me tell you how far i went.Theres no file like bth.ini in windows/inf folder but i could find just bth, so i opened it and did the replacement of the hardware ID but i could not save the settings,it says; replacement nor creating on/in windows/inf is not possible.
sheho
21 Sep 07 at 3:58 pm
hallo,
i’ve got the same problem as sheho. I have windows vista home basic and there is no file like bth.ini. I also did teh replacement and couldn’t save it. A get BCM2035B. Could anyone see the other way?
MAthew
26 Sep 07 at 12:44 pm
Harsh,
Thanks for the authorization. I had seen it before, but forgot to say thanks.
Just in case you are curious, here’s the link to the translated tutorial - http://www.foxgsm.net/forums/showthread.php?t=62323
(remember, it is in Portuguese - but you may see your name at the end of the post.
)
Thanks again!
arthur_felipe
29 Sep 07 at 12:43 am
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Installing Blutooth device without CD « Selimdu’s Weblog
6 Oct 07 at 8:34 am
My device show ISSCBTA,
Can I setting like this?
Nazir
6 Oct 07 at 9:29 am
Smart stuff!!
Koshy Fenn
8 Oct 07 at 1:16 pm
thanks for the sexy method for configuring bluetooth.
I never transferred things at such high speed over bluetooth.
I require to ask one thing how do I use HID (human interface device)
like wireless presenter or the bluetooth remote control provided in the sonyericsson with this method since I found no services with this method.
Saurabh Mohta
14 Oct 07 at 7:16 am
THANKS FOR U
very good thanks
15 Oct 07 at 2:57 am
thanks
it work very good but not work witk nokia pc suite
what i do to make it work with nokia6600 by nokia pc suite
plz i wait ur answer
thanks
very good thanks
16 Oct 07 at 4:15 am
Thank you for putting this up in such a nice manner. This is probably the best way to go around this cheap shit.
Kudos!
Prax
23 Oct 07 at 7:10 pm
Thanks a lot. Your tips is just marvelous.
Thanks again !!!
Naveen
24 Oct 07 at 7:08 pm
Hey Guys - THANKS!!! I’v made it… i destroyed the diskette when opening the package with scizzors and was completely lost because I have not found the driver - and now I have found a way - no pun intended. Thanks again, this is what the NET is for (too ;-)))
Cukicuk
26 Oct 07 at 2:22 am
Thanks Harsh thats great hack. But i could not go further as right click on USBVID_0A5C&PID_2045 shows only ‘what’s this”. No copy function. I tried it on windows XP. Plus under my computer there is no windows directory. I don’t understand where i went wrong. Pleeeease guide me.
Ravindra
30 Oct 07 at 6:38 pm
Ravindra - You need to be the administrator to perform this job. Also, no problem if it doesn’t copy, just write it down in Notepad and copy that instead, right?
Windows directory will be under the ROOT drive, generally C:. Will only show up if you’re an administrator user on that Computer.
Harsh
30 Oct 07 at 6:41 pm
Thanks Harsh,
but stuck again. My pc does not show list of known hardware after update drivers. Pls help.
Ravindra
1 Nov 07 at 7:20 pm
Thanks Harsh for the great fix. I lost the CD for my IOGear GBU321 that apparently uses this broadcom chip. Without the original CD install, the iogear downloadable software tells me I don’t have a license for the device. Quite annoying at first, but I’m glad because this solution seems to use less resources and is more stable.
Thanks again,
Nomedias
Nomedias
6 Nov 07 at 10:32 pm
i am having same problem with BCM2045A donge on vista. could you please send me the driver.
Raphael Chidombwe
Raphael
16 Nov 07 at 1:59 pm
u da man Harsh J… da man!!
Robin
23 Nov 07 at 8:37 am
THANKS A LOT FOR UR SUPPORT , ITS REALLY GREAT. THANKS A LOT FOR UR SUPPORT.
krishna
24 Nov 07 at 10:54 pm
Very nice!
I’m from Germany and I’m even not very good in speaking english
but i understood this guide and the device is working now!
Brilliant!
greets
Leo
8 Dec 07 at 9:39 pm
Great guidance!
I found ‘Pid_2100′ instead of ‘Pid_2045′ in the Hardware ID, but it still works!
Bagus
9 Dec 07 at 8:04 pm
thanks a lot.
TphaRoock
10 Dec 07 at 2:23 am
thanks a lot!!
SuiciSpai
15 Dec 07 at 7:20 pm
hi…
i have done all above things but whenever i try to search i get a message that your bluetooth is not pluged in.in device manager these is a yellow sign on “BCM2045A Bluetooth 2.4 Ghz Single Chip Transceiver” i have tried Widdcom Driver but the problem is still over there and doing above procedure i cannot transfer files i’m searching my Bluetooth from my N73 but it is not able to find my PC and if i try to find my N73 i get the Above message….
plz help me with this issue.
Rana Usman
22 Dec 07 at 7:22 pm
Thanx a million mate…. I too bought this cheap bluetooth dongle and it didn’t even have a installation CD!!! You saved me buddy…..
P.S. Hurray for Ubuntu’s autodetection
Beta3
25 Dec 07 at 7:15 am
Hehe how did you land here? Google?
The installation CD is sorta hidden behind the card backing in it. I only knew that I got a CD along after 2 days of purchase when I threw it into the bin and the CD rolled out
Harsh
25 Dec 07 at 7:22 am
Worked for me. Thanks.
Scott Sewall
1 Jan 08 at 3:59 am
Nice…wrkd 4 me..thanks
HellBoy
4 Jan 08 at 11:43 am
where is Windows directory??
shekhar
6 Jan 08 at 9:10 am
C:\Windows mostly.
Harsh
6 Jan 08 at 9:36 am
working for me thanx nice trick
prat33k
13 Jan 08 at 10:56 am
aa bundal of thanks dear… great hacking
ahmad
13 Jan 08 at 11:16 am
I cut the package with large scizzors… guess what I cut too… thanks to all for their help - Harsh mainly
Greetings
cukicuk
13 Jan 08 at 8:28 pm
When I try to save the changes made with notepad I get the following message “cannot create the C:\Windows\inf\bth.ini file. make sure that path and file name are correct”
thanks for any assistance
seanb4
15 Jan 08 at 8:12 am
Hi there, I just have a question. I use my bluetooth dongle for my SE phone to remote control my PC. After installing the B software that came with the BT dongle, my Vista Crashed. I’m sure this will work now, but since I’m using my phone to remote control the PC, will it have the same functionality as to what the manufacturer software has like HID support?
Thanks
chakramatic
22 Jan 08 at 5:38 am
Am not sure of that actually, why don’t you try out and see for yourself if it does?
It made my Nokia 6681 and PC Suite both work smoothly together, but I haven’t tried audio or anything like that. For remote control I had to use some available symbian software and that one did work fine as well.
Just try your luck!
Harsh
22 Jan 08 at 5:49 am
Is there any way to make a Bluetooth dongle work when you don’t have admin powers? I’m trying to use mine at school and it won’t let me change anything. I have a U3 flash drive that I load my own programs on, I was hoping to find something that I can run (without installing) that can access the device.
Mike
26 Jan 08 at 9:25 pm
Mike - No, mostly a device installed would require drivers to be installed with admin rights, so its not possible to do it without. I hope someone else might know a way cause I don’t know one. Sorry
Harsh
26 Jan 08 at 10:09 pm
After tried all the steps given and under Bluetooth Radio i can see the 2045A driver but when i clicked on Next to installed the driver its given a file missing i.e BTHUSB.SYS . Please help i tried my level best but in vain plizz help
bhalang
29 Jan 08 at 2:50 pm
Thank a lots! It helped me… Thanks again… Nice works
Minh Quang
31 Jan 08 at 6:46 pm
thaink
tamertz
1 Feb 08 at 1:20 am
Well clearly I fail because I followed the instructions but It hasn’t made a difference. Automatic update can’t find anything and pointing it at the System32 or INF folder doesn’t make a difference.
Damien Donnelly
2 Feb 08 at 11:01 pm
Damien - I’ve not recommended doing any of that actually. I’ve instead given instructions on choosing a device manually via that option of selecting one from a list.
Harsh
3 Feb 08 at 8:15 am
Great Job it was amazing trick it helped me . Tnks a million
LAzarus
8 Feb 08 at 10:23 pm
harsh, i applied your process, but at the time of selection of device manully, i m not able to get any device under bluetooth radio section
kamaljeet
10 Feb 08 at 2:03 am
hey man, thanks the thing is simple and works quite good!
though i did`nt know the brand of my dongle and niether did i have cd, the thing worked for me! thanks.
kunal
12 Feb 08 at 3:07 pm
Harsh I tried all the steps given and it works till i tried to install the 2045A driver but a missing file is showing i.e BTHUSB.sys in the BLuetooth Radio option Please help me in this issue
bhalang
13 Feb 08 at 12:15 pm
Thank you v. much. This works fine with me
Mustafa
22 Feb 08 at 1:31 am
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29 Feb 08 at 10:36 am
i have dongle bluetooth usb device model bcm2045a but i have no driver of this usb.
sachin
29 Feb 08 at 2:50 pm
i dont seem to find the cd to install the widcomm 2035 to back up my mobile. I have the the file all in programme files and when i connect the bluetooth device it keeps asking for the CD that came along with it. Any solutions?
ashiaana
5 Mar 08 at 11:01 am
Just Briliant!
i thrown the driver disk just because of its clusy drivers and i thought there goes 350RS again.
But here the help arrives.
By the way i was thinking, of what these cd’s are loaded?. Just crap??.
Arigato.
Jatin Gera
10 Apr 08 at 11:02 pm
Thanks a lot man!
I have spent hours on finding a driver for my build in bluetooth-module, that would let me use Windows XP’s own Bluetooth manager, but it seems to be impossible.
With this hack it just works!
I’m on a Zepto Znote 3415 (Intel FL90).
My bluetooth-device was at first named “Foxcon USB 2.0 Bluetooth-device”, or something like that, but when i copy/pasted the hardware-id as described, it just worked!
its perfekt!
Thanks again!
Fritsen
19 Apr 08 at 5:06 am
Thanks a lot it was a gr8 help for me. Thanks again
Raman
22 Apr 08 at 1:22 pm
THANKS A LOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!!! i had been using my dongle for nearly 6 months in xp. then i changed to vista!!! even downloaded vista driver but my dongle just wouldnt talk with my w810i!!!! your method worked wonders!!! :p
parikshith
23 Apr 08 at 6:29 am
Buddy, thank you very much!!!
Daniil
29 Apr 08 at 8:37 pm
Thank you very much, dude!
But I’m still having some problems here: Although both my dongles are now recognized correctly by Win XP, they still can’t see each other. Right after I did what you instructed, they were able to connect once, but not anymore. I think that could be related to the fact that, when I did what your blog says, I had already tried to install the drivers’ CD. Do you know how can I uninstall everything the CD changed on my system or how can I make the 2 PCs using the dongle “see” each other?
Once again, thank you very much,
XVoX.
XVoX
1 May 08 at 2:50 am
Sorry, XVoX again: Somehow, the two dongles - one on my notebook, other on the desktop - can now “see” each other, but only the notebook, using WIDCOMM besides your driver installation, can send files to the desktop, using only your installation: Whenever I try and transfer something from the desktop (no WIDCOMM) to the notebook, the whole file transfer goes smoothly until it gives me a “failed transfer” msg when the transmission is finished. I also tried installing WIDCOMM on the desktop after correcting the driver like you said, but I kept getting a “failed Bluetooth licensing” msg - or something like this - everytime I tried to do anything on WIDCOMM’s GUI, besides the dongle not being recognized on the usual Bluetooth configuration thingy on the taskbar. Could you please help me? Notebook uses Win Vista, desktop uses XP SP2. By the way, besides basic file transfering, is there anything else I can do without WIDCOMM or Bluesoleil? If so, how?
Thank you very much,
XVoX.
XVoX
1 May 08 at 4:48 pm
nice job, works great till I unplug device and replug. then it cant find my phone lest I “add device”. If I boot with device plugged in, pc connects with phone easily, but somehow loses its mind if i replug Bt device, acts like it never knew my phone. can you help me?
Paul
12 May 08 at 12:33 am
vey thanks dude
saravanakumar
12 May 08 at 1:41 pm
Thank you Harsh.
indir
26 May 08 at 1:12 pm
Very thanks! Work perfectly!
Lutemberg
28 May 08 at 1:03 am
THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!THANKYOU!!!THANKYOU VERY MUCHHHHHH!!
I was looking for this driver by one week!!
tip: here in Argentina this dongle is comercialized by the brand “NOGANET”, and is the crapiest one. XD
Tanke
28 May 08 at 7:13 am
hi buddy,
thanks for this fix..this is great!
Kunal
kunal
10 Jun 08 at 12:08 pm
hey.. thanks.. it all installs the drivers.. but the bundled software says there is no bluetooth device detected…. the win-xp bluetooth interface works and all but i had another dongle that came with BlueSoIl… the interface and functions were great.. any s/w that is compatible with this dongle???
ash
12 Jun 08 at 11:10 pm
hi there,
i got a bcm 2035b,but dont hv the drivers.
i tried gabi’s solution,but its not working.
the 2 lines displayed are:
[Broadcom.NT.5.1]
Blutonium BCM2035 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200A
BCM2033 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_200F
i changed the second line to:
BCM2035B Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single Chip Transceiver= BthUsb, USB\VID_0A5C&PID_2035.
but no good.
can anyone help me out.thanks.
siesmeou
21 Jun 08 at 3:13 am
Dear harsh
I wish to say thanx to u because I got a great Idea to Install Blue tooth Device. Really I want to say u lot of thanks again
Qaim
25 Jul 08 at 1:13 pm
Omg! thanks so much for this! i was ten seconds away from hacking my head off with a large knife trying to figure this out!
You’re the best! (^_^)”
Nisha
26 Jul 08 at 1:25 am
After tried all the steps given and under Bluetooth Radio i can see the 2045A driver but when i clicked on Next to installed the driver its given a file missing i.e BTHUSB.SYS . HOW DO I INSTALL THE MISSING FILE OR IN WHICH FOLDER CAN I FIND IT.
TAONA
29 Jul 08 at 5:58 pm
I HAVE USED DRIVERS FOR BCM2035 ON A BCM2045A DEVICE AND IT IS WORKING AM I GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN FUTURE.
TAONA
29 Jul 08 at 7:03 pm
Thanks a lot!!
i just installed my BCM2045A drivers, and i seems working !!
another good thing about this is i don’t have to install those wired softwares came with it !!
harindu
4 Aug 08 at 3:23 pm
Hi there! Lovely Solution! Thanks Amigo!
Nainar
11 Aug 08 at 12:00 am
Thanks a lot, seems to work fine with Pid_2123 too.
K
12 Aug 08 at 3:19 am
I love you!
It actually works!
(tested on Vista Home 64bit)
Pafell
14 Aug 08 at 3:10 am
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20 Aug 08 at 2:53 am
hi,
i really hope u can help me. Your instructions worked with my bluetooth but i had to reformat my computer.
My problem now is that when it only showed in device manager under other devices ONCE. now whenever i replug it, the FOUND NEW HARDWARE wizard pops up and naturally says,
“There was a problem installing this hardware:
Broadcom Bluetooth 2.0+EDR USB dongle
An errr occured during the installation of the device
The required section was not found in the INF.”
I tried to edit the bth file in windows, replaced the numbers with 2045a but it didn’t work.
Please help.
Thanks
aika
22 Aug 08 at 8:33 am
Thanks a lot! (=
Satan
23 Aug 08 at 8:53 pm