First on all, I use Windows XP SP2, so that may be why I've had such a hard time to get this to work.

After trying many different solutions (SP2 native bluetooth support, patched IBM driver for IBM Integrated bluetooth II...), I simply installed the latest Widcomm drivers (4.0.1.700) and it worked!

You can find it at:
http://www.mobidick.biz/downloads.shtml

and the patched files can be found:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/index.php?

1-Turn off bluetooth (press the bluetooth button below the screen)
2-Install the Widcomm driver
3-Reboot in safe mode
4-Replace these files with patched versions:
btneighbourhood.dll - c:\windows\system32
wbtapi.dll - c:\windows\system32
bttray.exe - c:\program files\widcomm\bluetooth software\bin
btstackserver.exe - c:\program files\widcomm\bluetooth software\bin
5-Reboot
6-Turn on bluetooth

myabe i'm not that too observant, but the patch files seems to link to dead end... And if i cracked this widcomm software, is it legal?

For the patch, you have to register onto the gsmhosting forum, here's a direct link to the thread containing the patch:

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=179871

As for the legal question, I personally think that it is criminal to sell hardware without providing the proper drivers for free. Widcomm are even worse, they actively try to make their driver incompatible by requiring a special license.dat file for each product.

I don't feel any guilt in getting my "legally bought" laptop to work with my "legally bought" headset.

thanks.... but i still haven't managed to get it work.
My thinkpad are 2653-R5A, on the device manager the device driver says :
+Batteries
+Bluetooth Device
- Bluetooth Bus Enumerator
- IBM Intergrated Bluetooth
+ Computer

Since i'm installing WIDCOMM drivers, should it detect as an IBM? When I try to overwrite the drivers, windows could only find these two driver in thier "inf\" and even on "c:\prog....\widcom\...bin\"
I follow your step,
off bluetooth > install widcomm 4.0 > on this part it prompt couldn't find bluetooth device, click cancel to continue > restart > go to safemode > apply pacthes > restart > turn on bluetooth > driver installing > start using > but it couldn't work
When I click it, it still asked for the license file. The bluetooth icon on the taskbar are still red.
I know the bluetooth works on SP1. Any ideas?

Have you tried pressing the bluetooth button below your screen.

Ok, now aside from this obvious detail, here's what I would do.

Make sure that your Windows is at SP2.

1- Uninstall every bluetooth driver (widcomm 4.0, old IBM bluetooth driver)
2- If you modified bth.inf, revert it to the original settings (otherwise nevermind)
3- Restart
4- Install the driver just as I explained above.

That's pretty much what I did.

Thanks dperron for the steps. Very cool being able to use my body glove bluetooth earpiece that I mainly use for my LG Sprint phone with my thinkpad.

Only issue I had was I had to replace bttray and btstackserver files in \bluetooth instead of \bluetooth\bin

Are any of you using your bluetooth headsets for voice recognition and if so how do they work?

Kingsley Bowles

No I don't....

However there's no reason why this shouldn't work....

As long as you can select the sound input source in your voice recognition application...

hmm... been a while...

manage to get it work yesterday, it looks like that 2 of the files are place at "C:\program files\widcomm\bluetooth software" not "C:\program files\widcomm\bluetooth software\bin", no wonder it didn't ask to overwrite any files.

hehe... thanks dperron. it works A+