Found Wiimote ("Nintendo RVL-CNT-01"). Attempting to pair now... Bluetooth Hardware Failure.

[TheSandiestMan]

unable to get around error of "Found Wiimote ("Nintendo RVL-CNT-01"). Attempting to pair now...
Bluetooth Hardware Failure."
i can go into the devices and printers control panel and manually pair the Wii remote and get it recognized by WiitarThing but if i turn the controller off I have to re-pair the controller.

[TheNathannator]

This is, as the error says, most likely just an issue with your Bluetooth receiver. Something about it doesn't play well with Windows/wiimotes, and the wiimote not staying synced is definitely your receiver's fault.

There's not much WiitarThing can do regardless with Bluetooth errors, these things can be finnicky and just not work right sometimes. Your best bet would be trying another Bluetooth receiver, I have the ASUS BT-400 and it works just fine with wiimotes and WiitarThing.

[Trihy]

Tplink ub400 works fine too. And the ub400 is cheap and easy to find.

Some adapters has problems pairing wiimotes. Mostly because driver problems.

Which BT adapter do you have?