Thanks folks - but the dongle did come with a disk and advised that it had
been installed, but no banana! Still no bluetooth icon and still no bluetooth
places - it's as though it didn't install after the reformat. Can see the
bth.inf file, which would indicate that the bluetooth files have been copied
during setup, but I thought you could right click and choose to install inf
files, but it seems that isn't the case. Got me stumped - and of course,
Microsoft don't provide free support for the issue which is just fantastic.
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stonefish55
"Big Al" wrote:
> Elmo wrote:
> > stonefish55 wrote:
> >> I know a few others have experienced this problem - but just in case someone
> >> now has an answer: I have a desktop which has run a bluetooth k/b and mouse
> >> which gave me so much trouble that I decided to ditch them and do a clean
> >> install of Windows XP SP 2. After the reformat and reinstall, I now no longer
> >> have a "bluetooth places" in the Ctrl Panel, nor a bluetooth icon in the
> >> shortcut area. I have installed a bluetooth dongle (which used to work) but
> >> nothing will connect to it. I can see bth.inf in the Windows folder but just
> >> am at my wits end as to how I can get this to work. If anyone has any ideas,
> >> I'd be really happy to hear from them. Cheers.
> >
> > You probably need drivers from the OEM. Try their site if you don't
> > have an install disk for the hardware. Also ask in a hardware newsgroup
> > for more suggestions.
> >
> If you say "dongle" and you mean the bluetooth receiver/transmitter then
> that unit should have come with a CD.
> My laptop has the bluetooth built in, and the OEM (as stated above)
> shipped the software installed. All I had to do was buy the mouse and
> make it detect.
>
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