a bluetooth HID DATA has stopped working, fix.

well after much poking arround i found a fix online that worked but i also figured out a simpler way to do it. before it was renaming/deleting/moving 3 files and i have got it down to just renaming one.

the old one is here 2nd post down:
http://help.wugnet.com/vista/HID-da...use-errorftopic-136000-days0-orderasc-16.html

i'm supprised it isnt posted here, i have been searching for days and couldnt find any thing about it except some one posted a link to the thread above but when they posted it it hadnt been so many pages long and the fix hadnt been posted yet. it is completely possible i just missed one and then just ignore this

first off let me say i am using a DV4 1028US with out bulit in bluetooth, for bluetooth i am using a Anycom USB-500 2.1 + EDR adaptor. youd plug in the adaptor and all hell would breakloose telling you that HID DATA has stopped responding in 3's repeatedly for me.

heres how i fixed it.
go here...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Quick Launch Buttons
find an EXE file named HIDDATA.EXE and rename it
i just renamed it HIDDATA.EXEOLD

restart, plug the bluetooth back in and then it should be fine.

i've also noticed that the quick launch buttons dont get stuck nearly as often since i have done this but i also havent been using my laptop as much lately either.

if you have this problem and you try it and it works lemme know i have tried bluetooth on other older HP laptops with quicklaunch buttons and it doesent give me this error but i also think at the same time they were 32 bit versions of vista or different versions of quick launch.
it should be the under the same folders in vista 64 bit, if your having the same problem in a non 64bit windows take out "(x86)" or do a file search for a file named hiddata.exe but at the same time the fix may not work for you.

its probally reccomended that if your going to update the quick launch software that you re-rename the file back to the way it was and unplug your bluetooth untill it gets updated, and then try and see if the future update has fixed the problem. i am guessing if it has not then you'll want to rinse and repeat.

at the time of posting the most up to date version of the quick lauinch software has not fixed the bluetooth problem

edit:
i forgot to say even though you rename the file that your quick launch buttons should still work, mine do

 

Thanks, that worked for me on my HDX16.