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Guest dougnheffernan@gmail.com
Posted

Hi,

I cannot find "Bluetooth Devices" under Control Panel - so I cant

connect my mobile phone up to my laptop

 

I've spent 2 hours googling a solution but with no luck

 

 

Any ideas

 

 

Cheers

Doug

Guest Cleve S.
Posted

Re: No "Bluetooth Devices" icon under Control Panel

 

You'll need SP2 and a dongle that is supported by the Microsoft drivers. I

just went thru this myself. Bought a bluetooth 2 device, had to install the

included drivers, couldn't get ActiveSync 4.5 to work, no Control Panel

icon. Bought a D-Link DBT-120 dongle. Plugged it in, XP SP2 recognized it,

& I got the Bluetooth icon in Control Panel.

 

Cleve

 

<dougnheffernan@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:1185475370.655778.308640@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...

> Hi,

> I cannot find "Bluetooth Devices" under Control Panel - so I cant

> connect my mobile phone up to my laptop

>

> I've spent 2 hours googling a solution but with no luck

>

>

> Any ideas

>

>

> Cheers

> Doug

>

  • 1 month later...
Guest Bob Woolf  ogwoolf@gmail.com
Posted

Re: No "Bluetooth Devices" icon under Control Panel

 

I have the same problem but worse. I have no Bluetooth Icon in the Control

Panel and no Bluetooth listing in the device manager. I have a Logitech

dongle/hub and XP SP2, or so it says, but nothing I've tried has gotten an

Bluetooth Icon in the Control Panel. I even tried the "scan for hardware

changes" in Device Manger and nothing. MY wireless keyboard and mice all

work, but without the Bluetooth Icon or Add Bluetooth Printer button in

Printers & Fax I can't get the printer to hook up. Why is the Icon missing

from the Control Panel and the listing from the Device Manager? Do I have

the wrong version of Windows?

 

"Cleve S." wrote:

> You'll need SP2 and a dongle that is supported by the Microsoft drivers. I

> just went thru this myself. Bought a bluetooth 2 device, had to install the

> included drivers, couldn't get ActiveSync 4.5 to work, no Control Panel

> icon. Bought a D-Link DBT-120 dongle. Plugged it in, XP SP2 recognized it,

> & I got the Bluetooth icon in Control Panel.

>

> Cleve

>

> <dougnheffernan@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:1185475370.655778.308640@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...

> > Hi,

> > I cannot find "Bluetooth Devices" under Control Panel - so I cant

> > connect my mobile phone up to my laptop

> >

> > I've spent 2 hours googling a solution but with no luck

> >

> >

> > Any ideas

> >

> >

> > Cheers

> > Doug

> >

>

>

>

Guest smlunatick
Posted

Re: No "Bluetooth Devices" icon under Control Panel

 

On Sep 13, 9:10 pm, Bob Woolf ogwo...@gmail.com <Bob Woolf

ogwo...@gmail.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have the same problem but worse. I have no Bluetooth Icon in the Control

> Panel and no Bluetooth listing in the device manager. I have a Logitech

> dongle/hub and XP SP2, or so it says, but nothing I've tried has gotten an

> Bluetooth Icon in the Control Panel. I even tried the "scan for hardware

> changes" in Device Manger and nothing. MY wireless keyboard and mice all

> work, but without the Bluetooth Icon or Add Bluetooth Printer button in

> Printers & Fax I can't get the printer to hook up. Why is the Icon missing

> from the Control Panel and the listing from the Device Manager? Do I have

> the wrong version of Windows?

>

>

>

> "Cleve S." wrote:

> > You'll need SP2 and a dongle that is supported by the Microsoft drivers. I

> > just went thru this myself. Bought a bluetooth 2 device, had to install the

> > included drivers, couldn't get ActiveSync 4.5 to work, no Control Panel

> > icon. Bought a D-Link DBT-120 dongle. Plugged it in, XP SP2 recognized it,

> > & I got the Bluetooth icon in Control Panel.

>

> > Cleve

>

> > <dougnheffer...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> >news:1185475370.655778.308640@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...

> > > Hi,

> > > I cannot find "Bluetooth Devices" under Control Panel - so I cant

> > > connect my mobile phone up to my laptop

>

> > > I've spent 2 hours googling a solution but with no luck

>

> > > Any ideas

>

> > > Cheers

> > > Doug- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

You should know that several Bluetooth "dongles" that are included

with a keyboard/mouse combo can be "limited" to only those devices.

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