BCM2045A Drivers for Vista not available

Bluetooth for vista bcm2045 drivers for installation

hi..this one doesn't work for me. other devices in device manager is not poppin up. pls help!

Can somebody explain what's ment with the following part:

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.

I don't get where I can find this.

Thanks.

you find this in your C:/windows/inf folder with is hidden by default so you need to go to tools folder options view then view all hidden files and folders hope that helps Fade

Ok, thanks man, it seems that it's working

I have did and follow instruction advised by Mr Fade. but at end the when i try to save file. The computer denied to save the file what is the solution please reply

M Y Memon 

Memon please check that you are the administrator or have the privillage to edit the file.

To do this right click the file goto properties>security. There check whether your user has the full right. If not, click on the advanced button n make your user the owner. After making your user the owner click ok then again ok. After that again goto the security tab... now you will be able to add your user all the rights... After doing so click ok.

Now you should again try to edit and save the file.

Answer By Fade
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.
ow 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 .
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