HP notebook computer: bluetooth not shown in control panel after reinstall

[Z Man]

I have an HP Pavilion zd8230us notebook computer. It came with Windows Media
Center 2005 SP2. My hard drive went bad, and they sent me a replacement
under warranty. I reinstalled everything, and all works just fine with one
exception: I do not have the bluetooth icon I had previously, and bluetooth
does not appear any place in Control Panel. I do see bluetooth in Device
Manager.

Please note that I did not install SP2. The computer (and reinstall disks)
have SP2 integrated. So, this system was never run under SP1.

How do I get bluetooth to appear in Control Panel, and get the icon that
will enable me to search for my bluetooth devices? I have a bluetooth mouse,
and it worked just fine before the hd crash and reinstall. Thanks!

 

[Malke]

I have an HP Pavilion zd8230us notebook computer. It came with Windows
Media Center 2005 SP2. My hard drive went bad, and they sent me a
replacement under warranty. I reinstalled everything, and all works just
fine with one exception: I do not have the bluetooth icon I had
previously, and bluetooth does not appear any place in Control Panel. I do
see bluetooth in Device Manager.

Please note that I did not install SP2. The computer (and reinstall disks)
have SP2 integrated. So, this system was never run under SP1.

How do I get bluetooth to appear in Control Panel, and get the icon that
will enable me to search for my bluetooth devices? I have a bluetooth
mouse, and it worked just fine before the hd crash and reinstall. Thanks!

You need to install all the HP drivers and laptop software for your specific
model machine. If you don't have the recovery disks, get the
drivers/software on HP's tech support site.

Malke

 

[S.Sengupta]

Visit HP's site and download,install the specific driver.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]