“Bluetooth license check failed” Error Message on Dell
If you get a “bluetooth license check failed” error on your PC, especially if you have a Dell, an optional software update was published in Microsoft’s Windows Update for a new “Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module (Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR)” driver, which actually breaks the WIDCOMM drivers that were working. You can simply restore the earlier, working drivers by installing them again. You can download the working drivers from here. You can read more about the problem in Dell’s forums here.
And don’t download anymore drivers from Windows Update “Optional Software” area, particularly drivers. I’ve had too many problems downloading “updated” drivers from there. I sometimes see drivers in there for devices I don’t even have running on my machine! Scary…
