You receive an "Access is denied" error message when you install the Bluetooth stack and detect a Bluetooth device in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (892891)

WORKAROUND

1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. At the command prompt, type

   esentutl /g %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb

   
   
   You should receive output that is similar to the following output:

   Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) Database Utilities
   Version 5.1
   Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
   
   Initiating INTEGRITY mode...
           Database: C:\WINDOWS\security\database\secedit.sdb
     Temp. Database: TEMPINTEG1704.EDB
   
   Checking database integrity.
   
                        Scanning Status (% complete)
   
             0    10   20   30   40   50   60   70   80   90  100
             |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
             ...................................................
   
   
   Integrity check successful.
   
   Operation completed successfully in 1.592 seconds.
   

   If the Windows security database is corrupted, the output will contain the following line:

   This operation may find that this database is corrupt.

1. If both the Edb.log file and the Edb.chk file are in the %windir%\security directory, follow these steps to repair the security database:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
   2. At the command prompt, type

      esentutl /r edb /l %windir%\security /s %windir%\security

2. If either the Edb.log file or the Edb.chk file is in the C:\WINDOWS\security directory, or if neither file exists in the directory, follow these steps to repair the security database:
   1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
   2. At the command prompt, type

      esentutl /p %windir%\security\Database\secedit.sdb

   3. Click OK when you receive the following message:You should only run Repair on damaged or corrupted databases. Repair will not apply information in the transaction log files on the database, and may cause information to be lost. Do you wish to proceed?
3. After you repair the security database, follow these steps to modify the registry so that you can access the registry key that is required to configure the Bluetooth device:
   1. Create the C:\bt.inf file that has the following text.

        [version]
        signature="$CHICAGO$"
        revision=1
        DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.1106
      
        [Registry Keys]
        "MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BTHPORT",0,"D:AR(A;CI;GRGW;;;PU)(A;CI;GRGW;;;LS)"
      

   2. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
   3. At the command prompt, type

      secedit /configure /cfg C:\bt.inf /db C:\bt.sdb

   4. Delete the C:\bt.inf file and the C:\bt.sdb file.