Bluetooth

[RN1]

Does WinXP Pro support bluetooth? If yes, do I have to enable it or
something like that? How do I make WinXP realize that it has been
connected to a bluetooth device?

My main intention is to connect my mobile phone (Motorola A1200) which
has bluetooth to my PC so that I can add files to my mobile using
bluetooth?

 

[Steve Pearce]

Does WinXP Pro support bluetooth? If yes, do I have to enable it or
something like that? How do I make WinXP realize that it has been
connected to a bluetooth device?

XP Pro works just fine with Bluetooth, assuming your PC actually has
Bluetooth hardware installed.

 

[Lem]

Does WinXP Pro support bluetooth? If yes, do I have to enable it or
something like that? How do I make WinXP realize that it has been
connected to a bluetooth device?

My main intention is to connect my mobile phone (Motorola A1200) which
has bluetooth to my PC so that I can add files to my mobile using
bluetooth?

Yes ... but your computer must also have the hardware installed.

Open Control Panel in classic view; do you have a Bluetooth icon?

There is lots of info in Help & Support.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[VanguardLH]

Does WinXP Pro support bluetooth? If yes, do I have to enable it or
something like that? How do I make WinXP realize that it has been
connected to a bluetooth device?

My main intention is to connect my mobile phone (Motorola A1200)
which
has bluetooth to my PC so that I can add files to my mobile using
bluetooth?

Not without the driver. The OS has no way to communicate with
hardware unless a driver is installed that provides the interface
between the OS and the hardware. The driver knows how to connect to
and communicate with the hardware. The OS does not. Every OS comes
with some drivers included with the install package for the OS but
they cannot include every driver, especially for hardware created
after the OS was released or for drivers that the manufacturer would
not provide to the OS author. Windows won't enable its Bluetooth
stack (and show the tray icon or applet in Control Panel) unless it
detects the system actually has a Bluetooth device. You might get by
with the drivers included in the Windows distribution, or you may have
to get them from the hardware manufacturer.

If your motherboard has Bluetooth then install the motherboard's
chipset drivers. If you installed a daughtercard, install the driver
for it. If it is a prebuilt computer, go to whomever manufactures the
so-far-unnamed-brand-and-model of computer to get their drivers.

Start -> Help and Support, search on "bluetooth"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891595/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883258/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873154/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555210/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840635/en-us

If the Bluetooth device (a network controller) is listed in your BIOS
settings, is it enabled? If there are no settings to enable/disable
this controller, the OS should see it as another network controller
providing a driver was installed for it. Do you see a wireless device
listed in the Network applet in Control Panel?

 

[RN1]

Not without the driver. The OS has no way to communicate with
hardware unless a driver is installed that provides the interface
between the OS and the hardware. The driver knows how to connect to
and communicate with the hardware. The OS does not. Every OS comes
with some drivers included with the install package for the OS but
they cannot include every driver, especially for hardware created
after the OS was released or for drivers that the manufacturer would
not provide to the OS author. Windows won't enable its Bluetooth
stack (and show the tray icon or applet in Control Panel) unless it
detects the system actually has a Bluetooth device. You might get by
with the drivers included in the Windows distribution, or you may have
to get them from the hardware manufacturer.

If your motherboard has Bluetooth then install the motherboard's
chipset drivers. If you installed a daughtercard, install the driver
for it. If it is a prebuilt computer, go to whomever manufactures the
so-far-unnamed-brand-and-model of computer to get their drivers.

Start -> Help and Support, search on "bluetooth"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891...shttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/840635/en-us

If the Bluetooth device (a network controller) is listed in your BIOS
settings, is it enabled? If there are no settings to enable/disable
this controller, the OS should see it as another network controller
providing a driver was installed for it. Do you see a wireless device
listed in the Network applet in Control Panel?

There's an icon named "Wireless Network Setup Wizard" in Control
Panel? What does that mean? But there isn't any icon named "Bluetooth"
in Control Panel (as Lem pointed out).

Can the bluetooth drivers be installed from the WinXP installation CD?

I am not sure if my motherboard has bluetooth or not. Is there any way
to find it out without opening the CPU?

 

[Lem]

There's an icon named "Wireless Network Setup Wizard" in Control
Panel? What does that mean? But there isn't any icon named "Bluetooth"
in Control Panel (as Lem pointed out).

Can the bluetooth drivers be installed from the WinXP installation CD?


I am not sure if my motherboard has bluetooth or not. Is there any way
to find it out without opening the CPU?

The Wireless Network Setup Wizard has nothing to do with Bluetooth.
This is for "wifi" (802.11a/b/g/n).

If you don't have a Bluetooth icon in Control Panel, the odds are highly
against you're having Bluetooth capability on your mobo. To know for
sure, go to the web site of your computer's manufacturer and look up
your model. Depending on where you bought it, you may be able to get
specific info about your equipment by entering your serial number.

If you don't have Bluetooth, you can buy a USB Bluetooth adapter for not
very much $$. This will come with the required driver.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=295&N=2002810295

--
Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[VanguardLH]

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But there isn't any icon named "Bluetooth"
in Control Panel (as Lem pointed out).

Can the bluetooth drivers be installed from the WinXP installation
CD?

Only if the included drivers happen to support your particular
hardware - which means it would have to be pretty old Bluetooth
hardware. Windows XP was released late December 2001 and Bluetooth
wasn't big back then. I believe SP-2 added the Bluetooth stack but,
again, it is backward-looking to support really old hardware. As told
to you, go to the mobo maker's web site (or the vendor if you bought a
prebuilt) and get their mobo/chipset drivers. If any are included
with the Windows distribution, they are often very generic (might work
and, if so, might have limited functionality compared to what your
hardware offers).

I am not sure if my motherboard has bluetooth or not. Is there any
way
to find it out without opening the CPU?

Read the manual. It will list the features and specifications for
your motherboard or system. You never identified your specific make
and model so no one that uses that same hardware can respond (but then
you know this info so you can go to the maker's web site yourself to
get a copy of the online manual or read their product specs).

If you never saw anything in the manual, advertising, or product specs
for whatever computer you have, why would you think it would support
Bluetooth?