Microsoft KB Archive/893476

= You cannot connect your IrDA compatible mobile telephone to a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer =

Article ID: 893476

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2007

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, when used with:  Microsoft Windows XP Professional

 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 

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SYMPTOMS
If you connect an InfraRed Data Association (IrDA) compatible mobile telephone to the Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, you receive the following message:

Found new hardware

You must be a member of the Administrators group on this computer to install this hardware: Classic Mobile Phone

If you follow these steps, the Found New Hardware Wizard starts and you are prompted to install the Classic Mobile Phone driver:
 * 1) You log on to the Windows XP-based computer by using an administrator account.
 * 2) You connect to an IrDA compatible mobile telephone to the Windows XP-based computer.

These symptoms occur if the following conditions is true:
 * You install Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
 * The user account with which you logged on does not have administrator permissions.



CAUSE
This problem occurs if either of the following conditions are true:
 * The Classic Mobile Phone driver could not be installed.
 * The IrDA compatible mobile telephone is not compatible with the Classic Mobile Phone driver.

All IrDA compatible mobile telephone that do not have a driver that is provided by Windows XP SP2 use the Classic Mobile Phone driver. The Classic Mobile Phone driver must be installed interactively in Windows XP SP2. To install the Classic Mobile Phone driver, your user account have administrator permissions.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

<pre class="fixed_text">  Date         Time   Size     File name -  05-Feb-2005  01:00  160,176  Mdmirmdm.inf Important Some IrDA compatible mobile telephones may not be compatible with the Classic Mobile Phone driver. After you install this hotfix, Classic Mobile Phone driver compatible mobile telephones silently install the Classic Mobile Phone driver. If the problem is not resolved after you install this hotfix, download the most current mobile telephone driver from the phone manufacturer Web site.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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