Windows Location Provider not working in Win 8.1

Anonymous
2013-10-25T13:29:08+00:00

Hello everyone,

I recently upgraded to Win 8.1 just a week ago. However under Device Manager, I'm seeing warning symbol against the Windows Location provider. It says it is not working. I tried to update the driver, but it says its already up to date. I tried using Here Maps and couple of other apps which use location services, but my location is not correctly determined.

Earlier in windows 8 it used to run perfectly with accurate location. Please help me with this issue. How do I resolve it ?

Any help appreciated.. Thanks..

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-24T16:03:32+00:00

    The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device SWD\SensorsAndLocationEnum\LPSensorSWDevice.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WUDFRd]

    "ImagePath"=hex(2):73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,44,00,\

      52,00,49,00,56,00,45,00,52,00,53,00,5c,00,57,00,55,00,44,00,46,00,52,00,64,\

      00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,00,00

    "Type"=dword:00000002

    "Start"=dword:00000003

    "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001

    "Group"="Base"

    "DisplayName"="@hidbthle.inf,%WudfRdDisplayName%;Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Reflector"

    "Owners"=hex(7):68,00,69,00,64,00,62,00,74,00,68,00,6c,00,65,00,2e,00,69,00,6e,\

      00,66,00,00,00,65,00,68,00,73,00,74,00,6f,00,72,00,70,00,77,00,64,00,64,00,\

      72,00,76,00,2e,00,69,00,6e,00,66,00,00,00,65,00,68,00,73,00,74,00,6f,00,72,\

      00,63,00,65,00,72,00,74,00,64,00,72,00,76,00,2e,00,69,00,6e,00,66,00,00,00,\

      00,00

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-24T13:26:26+00:00

    Dear Mr. Khan:

    Thank you for your reply.  Albeit, it does not shed any light nor resolves the issue.

    Zack Shahin, P.E.

    San Francisco

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-09-24T13:16:06+00:00

    Hi Zack,

    Thank you for the information.

    A location provider is software or hardware that generates geographic data for apps. Since you have already uninstalled and reinstalled the software, I would have you contact the computer manufacturer of the computer and check if there is any hardware issue.

    Please reply with the status.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-23T16:09:09+00:00

    SYSTEM INFORMATION

    System Information report written at: 09/23/14 08:59:48

    System Name: ALIENWARE-PC

    [System Summary]

    OS Name    Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center Version    6.3.9600 Build 9600

    Other OS Description     Not Available

    OS Manufacturer    Microsoft Corporation

    System Name    ALIENWARE-PC

    System Manufacturer    Alienware System Model    Alienware X51 R2

    System Type    x64-based PC

    System SKU    Alienware X51 R2

    Processor    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

    BIOS Version/Date    Alienware A06, 3/17/2014

    SMBIOS Version    2.8

    Embedded Controller Version    255.255

    BIOS Mode    UEFI

    BaseBoard Manufacturer    Alienware

    BaseBoard Model    Not Available

    BaseBoard Name    Base Board

    Platform Role    Desktop

    Secure Boot State    Off

    PCR7 Configuration    Binding Not Possible

    Windows Directory    C:\WINDOWS

    System Directory    C:\WINDOWS\system32 B

    oot Device    \Device\HarddiskVolume1

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    Hardware Abstraction Layer    Version = "6.3.9600.17196"

    User Name    alienware-pc\ALIENWARE-PC\Zack

    Time Zone    Pacific Daylight Time

    Installed Physical Memory (RAM)    8.00 GB

    Total Physical Memory    7.92 GB

    Available Physical Memory    5.71 GB

    Total Virtual Memory    12.4 GB

    Available Virtual Memory    9.74 GB

    Page File Space    4.48 GB Page File    C:\pagefile.sys

    Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions    Yes

    Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions    Yes

    Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware    Yes

    Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection    Yes

    Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600

    Report Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014

    Report Time [hh:mm:ss]: 8:56:04 AM

    Driver Version: 10.18.10.3907

    Operating System: Windows* 8.1 Pro (6.3.9600)

    Default Language: English (United States)

    Physical Memory: 8106 MB

    Vendor ID: 8086

    Device ID: 0412

    Device Revision: 06

    Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) Version: 5.0.1037

    Current Resolution: 1920 x 1080

    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz

    Processor Speed: 3100 MHz

    Processor Graphics in Use: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600

    Shader Version: 5.0

    OpenGL* Version: 4.3

    OpenCL* Version: 1.2

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    Runtime Version: 11.2

    Hardware-Supported Version: 11.1

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    Active Displays: 1

    * Digital Television *

    Display Type: Digital

    DDC2 Protocol: Supported

    Gamma: 2.2

    Connector Type: HDMI

    Device Type: Digital Television

    Maximum Image Size

    Horizontal Size: 33.46 inches

    Vertical Size: 18.9 inches

    Supported Modes

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-09-23T15:34:48+00:00

    Dear Sharief K.:

    Everything that could be installed, including Optional Updates, is installed.

    The Location Provider has proved to be a challenge to operate at all.  The Add Legacy Hardware Wizard, installs the software driver for Windows Location Provider under the registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\SENSOR\0000

    While the "correct" location is at this registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\SWD\SensorsAndLocationEnum\LPSensorSWDevice

    How can the Add A Legacy Device Wizard be so wrong in reading the locationprovioder.inf?

    It is just a convoluted tango of errors that are irreconcilable.  Then you have the Add Features to Windows, where you either Add or Remove the location provider feature, which is always mysterious in its duties.

    Admittedly, I have no clue of the ramifications of errors in installing User Mode Drivers. I simply want the Windows Location Provider to function and provide to Bing the correct location for Bing to pull up search results that are logical as they are supposed to be tailored for the user and his/her location.  When Bing shows me search results for a location that is 20 miles away, it looks and is silly.

    So, I respectfully request a registry file (.reg converted to .txt for allowing download of the file) containing all the correct entries for the location provider to function correctly.  I envision that I would simply change the extension of the file from .txt to .reg; click on it and walah the world is known.  Bing 's search results to show me locations right in my neighborhood, not a lousy 20 miles distant location.

    Is that too much to ask for?

    Truly,

    Zack Shahin, P.E. (Professional Civil Engineer), PhD Candidate in Environmental Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, and Sampling Techniques and Theory/Probabilities and Statistics

    San Francisco

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