Bluetooth and Windows XP Service Pack 1

So I went out and bought a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter
so that I can transfer pictures from my v551 to my PC via
Bluetooth.
The Belkin software installed fine. When I went to plug
in the Bluetooth USB adapter into my USB port, I got nothing.
The Bluetooth icon in the system tray says something like
the Bluetooth device is not installed (or recognized).
The blue light on the Belkin adapter is blinking. I assume
this to mean that it has power. The Belkin site is worthless
for any type of help. The Micro$oft site has tons-o-stuff
on Bluetooth, but it all seems to deal with Service Pack 2
and mice/keyboards. Does Service Pack 1 support Bluetooth?
Any ideas out there?

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[email protected] wrote:
> So I went out and bought a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter
> so that I can transfer pictures from my v551 to my PC via
> Bluetooth.
> The Belkin software installed fine. When I went to plug
> in the Bluetooth USB adapter into my USB port, I got nothing.
> The Bluetooth icon in the system tray says something like
> the Bluetooth device is not installed (or recognized).
> The blue light on the Belkin adapter is blinking. I assume
> this to mean that it has power. The Belkin site is worthless
> for any type of help. The Micro$oft site has tons-o-stuff
> on Bluetooth, but it all seems to deal with Service Pack 2
> and mice/keyboards. Does Service Pack 1 support Bluetooth?
> Any ideas out there?

Availability of Windows XP Service Pack 1 Support for Bluetooth Wireless
Devices http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323183

Q

Please read the articles I wrote at http://brobin111.blogspot.com for a
possible solution. The Widcomm drivers may be all you need but if you
also need an upgrade to SP1 (assuming you don't want to to upgrade to
SP2) your PC manufacturer's website may have an update you can download.

From:[email protected]
[email protected]

> So I went out and bought a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter
> so that I can transfer pictures from my v551 to my PC via
> Bluetooth.
> The Belkin software installed fine. When I went to plug
> in the Bluetooth USB adapter into my USB port, I got nothing.
> The Bluetooth icon in the system tray says something like
> the Bluetooth device is not installed (or recognized).
> The blue light on the Belkin adapter is blinking. I assume
> this to mean that it has power. The Belkin site is worthless
> for any type of help. The Micro$oft site has tons-o-stuff
> on Bluetooth, but it all seems to deal with Service Pack 2
> and mice/keyboards. Does Service Pack 1 support Bluetooth?
> Any ideas out there?

"Quaoar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> So I went out and bought a Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter
>> so that I can transfer pictures from my v551 to my PC via
>> Bluetooth.
>> The Belkin software installed fine. When I went to plug
>> in the Bluetooth USB adapter into my USB port, I got nothing.
>> The Bluetooth icon in the system tray says something like
>> the Bluetooth device is not installed (or recognized).
>> The blue light on the Belkin adapter is blinking. I assume
>> this to mean that it has power. The Belkin site is worthless
>> for any type of help. The Micro$oft site has tons-o-stuff
>> on Bluetooth, but it all seems to deal with Service Pack 2
>> and mice/keyboards. Does Service Pack 1 support Bluetooth?
>> Any ideas out there?
>
> Availability of Windows XP Service Pack 1 Support for Bluetooth Wireless
> Devices http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323183
>
> Q
You do not need this update and in fact it may cause you more trouble. The
Belkin device will work fine with SP1 as long as you installed the drivers
properly. I would highly advise disabling your virus scanning software while
doing the install. Before you attempt this for a second time you should
completely uninstall the Belkin SW and start over from scratch.

Give it a try and let us know if it worked.

Cheers
TC

Mauricio Freitas wrote:
> Ok, reading the OP again... The question was "Does Service Pack 1
support
> Bluetooth?"
>
> So, the answer is "Not natively. With manufacturer supplied drivers
yes".
>
> The problems you're having with the Belkin software may be a conflict
with
> other software installed. Going back in the thread there's a mention
to
> Norton. Are you using it? Have you created rules to allow btstack.exe
to
> communicate?

[snip]
Well I can now say that WinXP SP1 works with my Belkin Bluetooth
USB adapter. I might have had two problems.
1. I was plugging the USB adapter into one of my front USB
ports on my Dell PC. It may not have been making full contact,
cause I went out and bought a USB 4 port hub and plugged that
into my USB port of the PC, and THEN plugged my Bluetooth USB
adapter into the hub. Viola! Windows all of a sudden saw a
Bluetooth device out there......
2. I re-installed the Belkin driver with Norton off and Zone
Alarm off. When I rebooted and used my USB hub with the Belkin
Adapter, ZoneAlarm asked me if I would allow 3 different apps
(with names like BTxxx) to access the Internet. So I'm guessing
that ZoneAlarm might have contributed to my problem.

Anyways, thanks to all that helped me out. Hopefully my summary
above may help others out who run into the same problem.

[email protected] wrote:
> Mauricio Freitas wrote:
>> Ok, reading the OP again... The question was "Does Service Pack 1
>> support Bluetooth?"
>>
>> So, the answer is "Not natively. With manufacturer supplied drivers
>> yes".
>>
>> The problems you're having with the Belkin software may be a
>> conflict with other software installed. Going back in the thread
>> there's a mention to Norton. Are you using it? Have you created
>> rules to allow btstack.exe to communicate?
>
> [snip]
> Well I can now say that WinXP SP1 works with my Belkin Bluetooth
> USB adapter. I might have had two problems.
> 1. I was plugging the USB adapter into one of my front USB
> ports on my Dell PC. It may not have been making full contact,
> cause I went out and bought a USB 4 port hub and plugged that
> into my USB port of the PC, and THEN plugged my Bluetooth USB
> adapter into the hub. Viola! Windows all of a sudden saw a
> Bluetooth device out there......
> 2. I re-installed the Belkin driver with Norton off and Zone
> Alarm off. When I rebooted and used my USB hub with the Belkin
> Adapter, ZoneAlarm asked me if I would allow 3 different apps
> (with names like BTxxx) to access the Internet. So I'm guessing
> that ZoneAlarm might have contributed to my problem.
>
> Anyways, thanks to all that helped me out. Hopefully my summary
> above may help others out who run into the same problem.

Interesting.... There have been other reports of the front USB ports on
some Dell desktops being incompatible with some USB plugs due to a
dimensional difference -- being deeper to the contacts than they should
be.

Q