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July 02, 2003
Windows XP Pro and Bluetooth

Does anyone know if XP supports bluetooth at all? I have two D-Link Bluetooth Adapters (DBT-120M and DWB-120). I could find no way in the default XP install to configure Bluetooth and XP didn't have drivers for the hardware. Actually, I got mixed dialogs from XP "Hardware not installed or malfunctioned", "Hardware Installed Successfully", "Hardware Not Installed" (in that order on one boot). I even got it once to BSOD on me. First time I've ever "installed" hardware and it BSOD's on me...

All I'm trying to do is get the pictures off my Nokia 3650. OS X refuses to accept the file transfer via Bluetooth. And it errors when I try to browse the device. But at least Mac OS X supports Bluetooth.

By the way, here's a fun dialog. My guess is that the D-Link software installs the MS Bluetooth software.

 Posted by rosyna at 09:34 PM | Comments (8) | TrackBack (0)
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Use the CD that came with the adapter... Probably available online. Plug and play with Windows means:

1) Plug in
2) Configure
3) Tech-support
4) Play

:)

Posted by: Jon Gales on July 2, 2003 9:50 PM

That's what the screenshot is from ;) I've installed the software off the website.

Posted by: Rosyna on July 2, 2003 10:07 PM

Idea for the next haxie:

I'm watching a streaming video conference right now from iChat AV. I'm blown away. The person uploading the video to me is on low-grade broadband (22k/sec) upload max. He streaming Jurassic Park from his TV right now. It's good enough for me to be caught up in watching the movie. VIDEO CONFERENCING is just that unbelievable good!

Apple needs to ad an option that lets me stream my screen. It simply records my screen and streams it as a video conference. Imagine the possibilities! I can finally show somebody how to do something without explaining for an hour, so much cool possibilities.


Posted by: Court Kizer on July 3, 2003 4:03 AM

On the Mac:- I'm not sure what your settings are, so anything I write is purely speculation, but make sure your Mac is set to "Accept files without warning" to your desktop (or some such folder). But most of all- make sure there's no existing Bluetooth connection; so iSync isn't doing anything, Salling Clicker isn't engaged (if you use it), and you're not connected to the net via your Nokia's modem. The phone must establish a new connection itself when you're sending the pictures.

If that doesn't work, I'm fresh out of advice. ;)

Posted by: Chris on July 3, 2003 5:52 AM

I'm astounded. I swear, that alert sounds like it could have been written by a copywriter I used to work with. Horrible. On what planet did it seem like a good idea for the "Cancel" button to mean "proceed as usual?"

As for the stream-my-screen thing: yes, yes, a thousand times yes. I think an iChat AV answering machine would be neat, too. Say you're busy, or away from your desk, or just don't feel like answering an invitation to A- or V-chat. After a predefined period, the answering machine program could pick up, play a prerecorded clip, and record a message from the caller, which you could then listen to later.

See, here's the thing. In the WWDC keynote, Steve said that integrating A and V into iChat made sense because iChat communicates presence. If you're not at your computer, iChat knows. This is true. But at present, there's no graceful degradation from an invitation to chat. Well, you can respond to an invitation to A- or V-chat with a text message, but that's it. If an invitation to chat goes ignored, the caller has to fall back to an asynchronous form of communication like email.

Now, here's the thing. The answering machine program could be implemented on either the caller side or the callee side. If you try to initiate a call and the invitation times out, iChat itself could let you record a voice or video message, compress it into an MP3 or MP4 suitable for emailing, and send it off to the callee's email address. That might not be perfect, of course, because some email systems are notorious for being overly aggressive in their desire to strip out attachments and whatnot. A better solution would be if the recorded message were transferred directly from iChat to iChat and stored on the receiving end. By definition, the message could be sent in real time or faster, so technically I don't think it's that hard a problem.

Okay, enough ramble for now.

Posted by: Jeff Harrell on July 3, 2003 9:51 AM

>OS X refuses to accept the file transfer via Bluetooth.

I've got a P800, and I get this too, sometimes. Just keep on trying until it works. Works for me...

Now if I could figure out how to use the P800 as a modem, I'd be a bit happier. Damn progress...

Posted by: LKM on July 3, 2003 3:43 PM

hey, i succeeded in installing the usb bluetooth adapter i got for my g4 on my winxp box. i had to use the supplied driver cd for it to work. actually impressive support once you get it working.

but yes, one of the few (but increasing steadily) moments when mac hardware support totally beats down windows.

Posted by: Alex Kent on July 3, 2003 7:01 PM

hi i want to download windows xp for nokia 3650

Posted by: tafaha on March 20, 2005 7:34 AM