"vik" <v**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> i am having problems with setting up my desktop to be bluetooth capable. i
> have an MSI PC2PC transceiver USB dongle
>
> (requires widcomm driver) and my computer runs XP with SP2. This is how i
> have proceeded so far:
>
> 1. Inserted the dongle in a USB port and XP recognizes it as a new
> hardware.
> Latter pops up an installation wizard.
> 2. i point the wizard to the cd drive which contains the CD-ROM with the
> drivers and the installation proceeds
>
> successfully.
>
> To confirm this installation, the bluetooth device is recognized (MSI USB
> Bluetooth Device) in the device manager
>
> window under the Universal Serial Bus Controllers node. Note that unlike
> several articles on the microsoft support
>
> website, i do not have the Bluetooth Radio node in the device manager
> window. Is this a problem ?
>
> Moreover, there are no bluetooth icons in the notification area of the
> taskbar. Also, i cannot see any bluetooth
>
> services running (services.msc). Furthermore, the control panel does not
> have any bluetooth applet. In other terms,
>
> running bthprops.cpl has no consequence. Finally, when i use my phone to
> discover my computer as a bluetooth capable
>
> device, it finds nothing. (The phone has detected and can detect other
> bluetooth capable devices)
>
> Clearly, the driver installation with the wizard step above is incorrect
> or
> incomplete.
>
> The device works on a friend's computer and i have reinstalled xp with sp2
> already twice to confirm this problem.
>
> Would you have any ideas ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> vik