So, two new Bluetooth dongles arrive in the post this morning

Plugged the first one into my downstairs PC that has never had anything bluetooth installed on it - and presto! Instantly detected, and Windows installed all the relevant drivers and made my PC bluetooth enabled! It's currently running the Microsoft BT stack, Version 5.1.2600.2180, if that helps anyone....

So I did the same thing on my upstairs PC. As you may know I had nothing but probs with my previous device as Windows wouldn't recognise it or enable the Microsoft BT stack to work with it. So after a reformat and rinstallation, I come to plug in the second of the new BT dongles, and...................


Same thing as downstairs! Detected, drivers installed, PC now MS BT enabled - same stack version

But! (there's always a but )

This Microsft BT set up is pants

No really! In order to send a file from this PC to the downstairs PC, I have to actually GO downstairs, open the BT quick menu, select RECIEVE A FILE, then come BACK upstairs, and open BT menu, and clicke send a file. Then enter a passkey on the upstairs machine, then go back DOWNSTAIRS and enter the same pass key and then and ONLY then will it send the file

FFS, I could put the fucking file on a flash disc and do it in one trip

So, I have two versions of Widcomm software now - version 1.3.2.7 (oem) and the newer version 1.4.summat that EBR sorted me out with. I like how the Widcomm software operated when I had it running before - but which do I go with? The older version has been tested with my particular dongles and I am assured it all works and is lisenced, or should I use the newer, cracked, version????

If whichever I use, how in the fuck do I turn off, or disable the MS stack?