Widcomm bluetooth - causing programs to block

Discussion in 'Software' started by sysprv, Jul 18, 2008.

  1. sysprv

    sysprv Private E-2

    Laptop... Bluetooth hardware is from Broadcom, software is Widcomm. Whenever I use bluetooth (typical use is file transfer between laptop and phones) and after that, I can't launch any program.

    GUI programs don't show up on the desktop. As for command prompts, the window opens up but I never get the prompt. When I check processes using Process Explorer, all the programs I started are running, but not at a point where the window is shown.

    OS is Windows XP 32bit SP3. Compaq nx6320 (hp) laptop.
    AVG 8 free editon.

    Has anyone seen this before? Know of any solution?
     
  2. Cordialis

    Cordialis MajorGeek

    Do you get any error messages? Text and numbers would be a great help. Or a screenshot. :)
     
  3. sysprv

    sysprv Private E-2

    Hi Cordialis, I fixed it, in a way.

    No error messages. Nothing in event logs. All running programs run fine, but new programs just don't start completely. To me it seems to be a quite low level problem.
    I tried to start up Notepad in WinDbg intending to trace through, but _WinDbg_never_came_back_ to the main window.

    And the solution? Uninstall SP3. :|
     

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