Vista x64 SP2 & Bluetooth

nkanovsky

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I have read a lot in many different forums about Vista's Bluetooth support but I must admit to still be very very confused. I have a few questions that would be really helpful to me if someone could answer, thanx. My system was installed with the original Vista x64 SP2 DVD. All updates were installed after that.

1. Can Vista x64 SP2 support a bluetooth headset without 3rd party software? ie no BlueSoleil or Widcomm? I understand that this is dependent on chipset, but I'd like to understand which chipset doesn't require the 3rd party software. I have seen on some forums that it can, like the Belkin FT8001...

2. I have an MSI dual net card with USB device USB\VID_0DB0&PID_6970&REV_1392, which can be forced to install as MSI Bluetooth Device (Vid 0db0, pid 6855) and this seems to work OK. It allows devices to be found in Vista's Bluetooth Devices window. It can also be installed using MSI's driver which performs identically. When I connect a headset it show's the capable profiles as Bluetooth Peripheral Device and it will not use any built-in Vista profiles. Why? From what I've seen in other places Vista's built-in profiles should be used?

3. What is the difference between BlueSoleil's and Widcomm's profile drivers once the actual Bluetooth device is installed? Shouldn't the profile drivers for Vista use the same API and be disconnected API-wise from the actual hardware?

Thank you,
Nachum Kanovsky
 

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