SZ220 Xp Pro Install Bluetooth Issues

This is my first sony laptop. I like it but my god the crapware is out of control. I need XP Pro for work anyway so i formatted. I got all of the drivers from sony.com and everything appears to be working fine except bt. My issue with Bluetooth is the driver on sonys site does not work. I downloaded the latest from toshiba.com and it appears to work but says its a trial version!@!@. I am very frustrated right now and could use some guidance. Anyway to get widcomm on here?

 

sorry i can't be of more help regarding your specific issue, but after doing a semi-restore in this thread ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=44587&highlight=semi-restore), I have got all the bloat off and have bluetooth working.

Might help.

 

thanks for the info, but the restore is going to leave me with the xp home that came with the laptop wont it?

 

bah, i finally got it to work! this is what i did.

after i was completely fed up with the bluetooth not working on XP Pro, i was planning to restore my comp to XP Home, but i forgot to make a recovery DVD, so i had to order a new one from sony's website. the recover DVD finally came in today and i stuck it in and in a last ditch effort i tried to install the drivers on the DVD. lo and behold, it actually worked. Bluetooth is enabled on my system and my logitech mouse works fine.

 

Anyway you can post these Drivers from that disc!. I think i made recovery DVDs but i need to get the software that allows me pick and choose off the discs. Well maybe ill go grab them and take a peek in explorer

 

Have you tried using the MS bluetooth stack?

Installation instructions are here.

 

I found my recovery discs and running the bluetooth setup under the drivers directory (on dvd1) worked! finally. Now onto my next issue then i have a perfect xp pro install. Right now i have a problem with the card readers. I show removable disk D: when the SD card Module is insert (no sd card in), I then have F: (memory stick) showing with no icon next to it. Then i also have G: (SD/MMC) with an icon next to it. Its more of an annoyance then anything.

 

im glad it worked on someone elses computer audio, but there was a hotfix for the memory stick icon in that SZ120 restoration thread. but i've included the hotfix down there, it worked fine for me, so just follow the instructions.