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Nokia PC Suite & Windows XP SP2 · 25. November 2005, 22:01

After a long running off and on battle with Windows XP SP2, I finally have all of my applications back running on Windows. In particular, a few weeks ago I managed to get my Nokia 7650 connected via my MSI BToes Bluetooth dongle to the Nokia PC Suite software.

Before I upgraded Windows to SP2, I backed up my phone memory and synchronised my contacts and calendar regularly with Outlook. After the upgrade however, I could not get my phone talking to my Bluetooth dongle. I had previously downloaded the driver for SP2 from the MSI website and installed them without success. The solution to my problems turned out to be quite simple. Firstly, I downloaded the complete MSI Bluetooth software 1.4.3.4 (this may not be the appropriate package for you – check the drivers web page for more information on downloading the appropriate version). Install this software as usual. If you try to run it you will get a message about not using an authorised device. There are many references to this message on the web but little in the way of a solution. The solution is to get an authorised security key for your device from MSI. The MSI dongle is based on Widcomm hardware. Widcomm used to administer the delivery of these security keys, however, they have now been taken over and no longer do this. You can get a security key direct from MSI however by filling out their Security Key Form. Follow the instructions on that page to find your dongles BD Address. Finally if you haven’t already uninstalled your Nokia PC Suite, do it now and run the “Nokia Registry Cleaner”: to remove any stale references to the previous PC Suite installation. Reinstall the PC Suite and your data should back up without problems!

I may be the only person still using this phone, however if anyone else who stumbles upon this page is struggling to get this combination working again, I hope it has been some help!

As a side note to this tale, whenever I do finally upgrade my phone again, I will definitely be looking for another Nokia running the Symbian OS. I’ve always found Nokia phones to be more robust and easy to use but Symbian adds a whole new level of power and sophistication to the phone. Recently, however, Nokia made this an even more attractive platform by adding the power of the Python programming language to the operating system (Python for Nokia). The Nokia 7650 is alas too old to run the interpreter but all modern phones are very capable of running Python. Whenever I upgrade I will certainly clear some time for some hacking on my phone!

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