Bluetooth Fairy
So there you have it. I can say with complete certainty that Bluetooth works on XP and not on W2K.
Ok, to be a bit more precise - you can connect to a phone using BT on W2K but you can't use the phone as a modem to connect to the Internet. It just don't work, I've spent the last fortnight trying. You can however use a USB cable to connect no probs, BT forget it.
To use BT with XP, install the drivers from the CD supplied with the dongle, do not under any circumstances use the crap Microsoft stack - it don't work - unfortunately, these get installed by the add h/w wizard when you plug in the dongle! You must then uninstall the M$ driver from the Device Manager.
BTW: You get a 10Mb connection with USB & a 1Mb connection using BT, hey ho. Use the cable...
Why am doing this? Why indeed. My wife is currently on hols with the youngest son where there's no phone line and she wants to use the net to find local attractions etc.
So I get it working and what happens? She drops the damn phone on the hearth and smashes the LCD...
Ok, to be a bit more precise - you can connect to a phone using BT on W2K but you can't use the phone as a modem to connect to the Internet. It just don't work, I've spent the last fortnight trying. You can however use a USB cable to connect no probs, BT forget it.
To use BT with XP, install the drivers from the CD supplied with the dongle, do not under any circumstances use the crap Microsoft stack - it don't work - unfortunately, these get installed by the add h/w wizard when you plug in the dongle! You must then uninstall the M$ driver from the Device Manager.
BTW: You get a 10Mb connection with USB & a 1Mb connection using BT, hey ho. Use the cable...
Why am doing this? Why indeed. My wife is currently on hols with the youngest son where there's no phone line and she wants to use the net to find local attractions etc.
So I get it working and what happens? She drops the damn phone on the hearth and smashes the LCD...
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