bluetooth

[Guest]

can't figure out how to get conneted to pc. no bluetooth icon in control panel

 

[Smirnoff]

can't figure out how to get conneted to pc. no bluetooth icon in
control panel

Start>Run>bthprops.cpl (that's cpL not cpi).

Also, have you got a bluetooth dongle (USB connector)?

 

[vidguide2]

Start>Run>bthprops.cpl (that's cpL not cpi).

Also, have you got a bluetooth dongle (USB connector)?

No bluetooth icon in system tray or control panel sounds a lot like a
pc that does not have bluetooth.

install bluetooth HARDWARE before expecting the software to appear

 

[Smirnoff]

No bluetooth icon in system tray or control panel sounds a lot like a
pc that does not have bluetooth.

install bluetooth HARDWARE before expecting the software to appear

Thought XP supported bluetooth.

 

[Bob I]

Thought XP supported bluetooth.

It supports bluetooth, BUT it doesn't support devices with out drivers.

How to install and configure Bluetooth devices in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883259

 

[Smirnoff]

It supports bluetooth, BUT it doesn't support devices with out
drivers.

How to install and configure Bluetooth devices in Windows XP Service
Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883259

From your link.:

"To install a Bluetooth device, you only have to connect it. Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes drivers for many Bluetooth
devices. If Windows does not recognize a Bluetooth device, you can still
use it by using the generic software support that Windows includes, or
you can use the driver that the device manufacturer provides. To add a
Bluetooth device to your computer, you can use the Add Bluetooth Device
Wizard. To configure a Bluetooth connection, you use the Bluetooth
Devices item in Control Panel."

Has drivers to support many bluetooth devices AND "If Windows does not
recognize a Bluetooth device, you can still use it by using the generic
software support that Windows includes, OR you can use the driver that
the device manufacturer provides."

 

[Smirnoff]

From your link.:

"To install a Bluetooth device, you only have to connect it. Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes drivers for many Bluetooth
devices. If Windows does not recognize a Bluetooth device, you can
still use it by using the generic software support that Windows
includes, or you can use the driver that the device manufacturer
provides. To add a Bluetooth device to your computer, you can use the
Add Bluetooth Device Wizard. To configure a Bluetooth connection, you
use the Bluetooth Devices item in Control Panel."

Has drivers to support many bluetooth devices AND "If Windows does not
recognize a Bluetooth device, you can still use it by using the
generic software support that Windows includes, OR you can use the
driver that the device manufacturer provides."

Also, see list of Bluetooth drivers included in XP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841803/en-us

 

[vidguide2]

Also, see list of Bluetooth drivers included in XP SP2http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841803/en-us- Hide quoted text -

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Do you actually have bluetooth hardware? Most Desktop PCs do not
feature this hardware. if you do, check your device manager control
panel, and make sure windows has actually detected the hardware, then
you can look at finding drivers for it, but i'd hazzard a guess you
either dont have the hardware, or its not yet detected by windows or
functional. (also a tip, if its a laptop, often there is a Fn + key
press to enable/disable bluetooth in hardware)

 

[Smirnoff]

Do you actually have bluetooth hardware? Most Desktop PCs do not
feature this hardware. if you do, check your device manager control
panel, and make sure windows has actually detected the hardware, then
you can look at finding drivers for it, but i'd hazzard a guess you
either dont have the hardware, or its not yet detected by windows or
functional. (also a tip, if its a laptop, often there is a Fn + key
press to enable/disable bluetooth in hardware)

It's not me that has the problem. I've already asked the OP if they had
a USB connector/dongle.

 

[Guest]

Hello,
i hope we have sp2 installed
try
Start - > Run - > type bthprops.cpl
check if we get the bluetooth application

if nothing happens
check for the same file (bthprops.cpl) in systm32 folder

if we dont have the file we need to expand the file from the os cd
command to expand a file from the cd on cmd
expand d:\i386\bthprops.cpl c:\windows\system32

try these thngs and lets c ..

--
Rajesh Dudala
Subject Matter Expert
Platform: Windows XP
Sutherland Global Services
India