Problem with Bluetooth Headset in Vista

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper DeleteThis @email.com> wrote in message
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> You'll need to check with the manufacturer for drivers.


There are no drivers for it. It always worked without drivers. It added new
audio devices and worked fine. On old XP with Widcomm and till Vista 5840.

Hi,

All hardware requires either a driver file or support from the system BIOS
to function in any given operating system. What has likely happened here,
and is quite common during betas, is that supporting drivers for the device
were removed from a build. This could be because it was not compatible or
had a conflict with some function in Vista, or at the request of the device
manufacturer (and that does happen some times, just ask any former owner of
a 3dfx card what happened during the XP beta phase). As there is no longer
any native supporting drivers (and a bluetooth device would use a driver
file, not the system BIOS), you will need to get them from the manufacturer
of the device (who, ultimately, is the one responsible for supplying them)

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"DocMAX" <docmax DeleteThis @gmx.de> wrote in message
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> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper DeleteThis @email.com> wrote in message
> news:OkCoJ%23wBHHA.2328@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> You'll need to check with the manufacturer for drivers.
>
>
> There are no drivers for it. It always worked without drivers. It added
> new audio devices and worked fine. On old XP with Widcomm and till Vista
> 5840.

Windows Vista do include a built-in Bluetooth driver. I believe DocMax's
problem isn't a driver problem, but a Bluetooth Profile problem. Currently MS
BT Driver on Vista doesn't have A2DP profile built-in, so you just can't use
your Bluetooth stereo headset to enjoy music.

I've tried install 3rd party drivers but as expected they just crashes
Vista.

Maybe currently the only think we can do is wait...

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> All hardware requires either a driver file or support from the system BIOS
> to function in any given operating system. What has likely happened here,
> and is quite common during betas, is that supporting drivers for the device
> were removed from a build. This could be because it was not compatible or
> had a conflict with some function in Vista, or at the request of the device
> manufacturer (and that does happen some times, just ask any former owner of
> a 3dfx card what happened during the XP beta phase). As there is no longer
> any native supporting drivers (and a bluetooth device would use a driver
> file, not the system BIOS), you will need to get them from the manufacturer
> of the device (who, ultimately, is the one responsible for supplying them)
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "DocMAX" <docmax DeleteThis @gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:F12E65D1-E035-41F1-B518-C5B4FC1E40C6@microsoft.com...
> > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper DeleteThis @email.com> wrote in message
> > news:OkCoJ%23wBHHA.2328@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> You'll need to check with the manufacturer for drivers.
> >
> >
> > There are no drivers for it. It always worked without drivers. It added
> > new audio devices and worked fine. On old XP with Widcomm and till Vista
> > 5840.
>
>

DocMAX wrote:

Hello, i have a Sony Ericsson Headset HBH-600 and it's not working in Vista RTM. When i connect with the device i get a "Bluetooth Peripheral Device" with a yellow ! in the device manager. In Vista 5840 i had no problems. DocMAX

Hello,DocMAX

Bluetooth Hands-free Audio Device Drive include two folders:
windows\system32\DriverStore\bthaudiohf.inf_8e9fd359\
windows\winsxs\x86_bthaudiohf.inf.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.5840.16386_en-us_7e1f17022af6471c\
but it fails install in rtm.

I got a message:
The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 2
The resource loader failed to find MUI file.

I have the same issue with an entirely different bluetooth headset in Vista. It seems that Microsoft completely removed all bluetooth headset support from RC2 to RTM. I have no idea why they would do this, but my Cardo Scala 700 headset pairs correctly but then tries to install the Bluetooth Peripheral device as well in order to get it to work. It seems that someone who posted above is correct that they removed the Headset and Handsfree Telephony profiles from working properly.

Hi there,

New here, I have your solution. Give this a wack.

http://www.dev-hack.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1332#1332 (UnCrippling Bluetooth in Windows Vista RTM)

Peace!