[Win2003] prevent compatibility mode inheritence

[Viper_666]

I want to install a Logitech DiNovo 2.0 on my Windows 2003 std server.

In fact I upgraded hardware and did a fresh install of Windows...

I managed to install the desktop on the previous computer,

which was also running Windows 2003 std SP1, but I had to fiddle

a bit around and I had it finaly all working with the bluetooth hub.

To achieve this I must install the Logitech 2.22 setpoint drivers,

which contain a WidComm bluetooth stack 3.0.1.913 silent install.

To be able to run the Setpoint setup It has to be set in XP compatibility mode.

The Setpoint setup calls the WidComm setup located in a subfolder.

That WidComm setup cannot run in Windows XP compatibility mode.

(It throws an arror telling that the current account does not have sufficent

privileges to install the software for all users on the machine and to try

running it logged on as Administrator, which I did and it makes no difference)

So there is a problem because the setup can't go through installing the WidComm

bluetooth stack and either it locks up, either it skips the bluetooth part,

depending on if its a fresh install or one performed over existing software.

I think this is caused by the Windows XP compatibility mode of the parent process

(the Setpoint setup) being inherited by the child process (the WidComm setup).

In the end resulting in the bluetooth hub not being recognized at all by windows

(it's not in the Hardware manager either, otherwise I had tried a manual install)

and thus leaving me with an unusable set of bluetooth devices.

What could solve the problem is a way to prevent this compatibility mode

to be passed on to child processes by the parent process.

Or maybe there is another way to achieve an installation of the bluetooth hub ?

I realy need this bluetooth hub to work again as I have to develop software for

Pocket PC devices on this computer, using SQL server 2005, IIS6 and so on...

Try not to come up with the already heard: "Windows 2003 aint a workstation"

I don't use it as a workstation, I use it as a development environment and server.

The DiNovo 2.0 was a nice package, containing all I needed for the BT aspect of

my mobile projects and could bring me a nice keyboard for typing on all day long...

Thanks for reading the long post, and helping me out installing this hardware.

[Viper_666]

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