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From: nojo901 on 7 May 2008 07:44
My XP Pro laptop comes with a built-in Broadcom BT device and driver.
To be able to synch my Blackberry, I need to use the Windows driver instead.
i have two problems:
1) I cannot remove the Broadcom - it is not listed under add/remove software
and when I try to do it in device manager, only one of the two Broadcom BT
items listed under BT have a remove option AND when I remove the one that I
can remove, the Scand For Hardware Changes option automatically reinstalls
the Broadcom software.
2) I cannot find a download for the Windows BT driver.
Very annoying!
From: Jack (MVP-Networking). on 7 May 2008 13:51
Hi
It might be that the Sync. starts through a file that loaded at Startup, and
or starts a service.
These two small utilities can help in identifying and getting rid of the
culprit.
StartUp let you find and control what is loaded at Startup.
Process Explorer shows you all the running Processes and let you kill them
temporarily, so you can see what is affecting the system, it would also
inform you where and what is the source of the process.
http://www.ezlan.net/infestation.html#startup
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"nojo901" <nojo901(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54C0B993-F950-4563-AAEC-819F066F631D(a)microsoft.com...
> My XP Pro laptop comes with a built-in Broadcom BT device and driver.
> To be able to synch my Blackberry, I need to use the Windows driver
> instead.
> i have two problems:
> 1) I cannot remove the Broadcom - it is not listed under add/remove
> software
> and when I try to do it in device manager, only one of the two Broadcom BT
> items listed under BT have a remove option AND when I remove the one that
> I
> can remove, the Scand For Hardware Changes option automatically reinstalls
> the Broadcom software.
> 2) I cannot find a download for the Windows BT driver.
> Very annoying!

From: smlunatick on 7 May 2008 15:35
On May 7, 7:44 am, nojo901 <nojo...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> My XP Pro laptop comes with a built-in Broadcom BT device and driver.
> To be able to synch my Blackberry, I need to use the Windows driver instead.
> i have two problems:
> 1) I cannot remove the Broadcom - it is not listed under add/remove software
> and when I try to do it in device manager, only one of the two Broadcom BT
> items listed under BT have a remove option AND when I remove the one that I
> can remove, the Scand For Hardware Changes option automatically reinstalls
> the Broadcom software.
> 2) I cannot find a download for the Windows BT driver.
> Very annoying!

Broadcom BT was originally known as Widcomm.

However, I've seen several laptop delivered with the Broadcom drivers
re-branded (like some HPs.)
From: James Egan on 8 May 2008 04:21

On Wed, 7 May 2008 04:44:01 -0700, nojo901
<nojo901(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My XP Pro laptop comes with a built-in Broadcom BT device and driver.
>To be able to synch my Blackberry, I need to use the Windows driver instead.
>i have two problems:
>1) I cannot remove the Broadcom - it is not listed under add/remove software
>and when I try to do it in device manager, only one of the two Broadcom BT
>items listed under BT have a remove option AND when I remove the one that I
>can remove, the Scand For Hardware Changes option automatically reinstalls
>the Broadcom software.
>2) I cannot find a download for the Windows BT driver.
>Very annoying!

Perhaps there's something that can be disabled in the cmos setup?


Jim.

From: smlunatick on 8 May 2008 11:38
On May 8, 4:21 am, James Egan <je...(a)jegan.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 May 2008 04:44:01 -0700, nojo901
>
> <nojo...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >My XP Pro laptop comes with a built-in Broadcom BT device and driver.
> >To be able to synch my Blackberry, I need to use the Windows driver instead.
> >i have two problems:
> >1) I cannot remove the Broadcom - it is not listed under add/remove software
> >and when I try to do it in device manager, only one of the two Broadcom BT
> >items listed under BT have a remove option AND when I remove the one that I
> >can remove, the Scand For Hardware Changes option automatically reinstalls
> >the Broadcom software.
> >2) I cannot find a download for the Windows BT driver.
> >Very annoying!
>
> Perhaps there's something that can be disabled in the cmos setup?
>
> Jim.

Disabling the Broadcom Bluetooth in the CMOS / BIOS "removes" the
Bluetooth "radio" from XP completely
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