so no idea, you might search news group for other references to Bluetooth.
mikeyhsd@comcast.net
"Clay Fox" <ClayFox@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8E0DB84A-D460-4A91-B92A-FAE5AAA3F444@microsoft.com...
Installed
Synced with a Windows Mobile Device
but no change in Bluetooth detection
Where can I go from here?
"mikeyhsd" wrote:
> did you install/activate the Mobile Device Center.
> no idea if it will help. but it seems to be needed.
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> "Clay Fox" <ClayFox@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E4F734CB-D4F5-474E-B90A-C9A042208DB9@microsoft.com...
> I had found this and tried it but since Vista does not even detect the
> hardware this install fails becasue it does not see the bluetooth hardware.
> That is the wierd part, that it is not just a matter of getting the driver,
> somehow it is not even detecting the hardware that it did under XP. That is
> why I am wondering if it is tied to something else and if I updated a driver
> for the USB or something that it would then see the BT hardware but I am not
> sure what. I may have to go back to XP and document better and try again,
> but what a pain.
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> "mikeyhsd" wrote:
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> > do not know if this will help, from another poster.
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> > Just a quick note... If anyone has a Bluetooth dongle based on the Widcomm
> > (Broadcom) chip, they have taken pit on all us Vista users (even X64) and
> > released a working driver for us all! You can find it at
> > http://www.broadcom.com/products/bluetooth_update.php
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> > mikeyhsd@comcast.net
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> > "Clay Fox" <Clay Fox@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3BE8B8C9-88AC-4BA3-B599-262CE1686169@microsoft.com...
> > I just did a new install of Windows Ultimate on an Acer Travelmate C111 with
> > built in Bluetooth.
> > The Bluetooth worked fine before with XP Tablet but the hardware does not
> > even show up under Vista. Everything else is great, I do have the AC97 soft
> > modem, which shows up under other devices as a PCI modem, but that is the
> > only unknown HW it finds.
> >
> > So my question is what now? I have the bluetooth on from boot up like always
> > so I know it is on but Vista does not even recognize it as unknown hardware.
> > I am wondering if there is an issue with a bus driver or something that would
> > be shielding it from detection.
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> > Any help would be must appreciated. Without Bluetooth it is a no go for what
> > I need to do.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Clay