Server 2003 R2 sp2 on IBM T42: is there a work-around for getting bluetooth to work?

[Wizzlepig]

I have seen a few forums here and there talking about possible work-arounds for the lack of a bluetooth stack in server 2003, and they have not worked.

The driver here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-50245.html

Installs without compalint, but after reboot, cannot find a bluetooth device. The bluetooth service starts and runs happily.

I found a hack-around solution involving update Q323183 for tricking 2003 into installing a bluetooth stack elsewhere, it also failed to return any results.

Has anyone figured this one out?

[erik Community SuperMod]

welcome to the forum!

i had this working on my T42p back in the day but that was 6 years ago.   it installed using the driver from IBM and the MS BT stack.   i'm about 95% sure i was using the standard version of 2003 which by default includes a BT stack.   enterprise and datacenter do not since there's no logical reason for either one to be running bluetooth due to security risks.