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posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 10:47 AM As you may have noticed, I've been getting a bit carried away with my shiny MacBook Pro of late. I have this bad boy set up to. The idea here is to have a small Win2k8 partition running MOSS for demos/presentations (and the odd bit of coding) running on the metal rather than in a VM. The latest Boot Camp drivers enable this goodness, they all work flawlessly. All that is, apart from the Bluetooth stack.
This is a problem because I use the excellent mouse. This little guy is a regular mouse but has media/slide controls on the underside. It comes with a transceiver but I don't wanna use that rubbish, I don't like dongles that are unnecessary. So why doesn't it work?
Well it's all down to driver signing on x64 and also the generic Bluetooth stack INF files preventing installation on Server class machines. Bit of a PITA. After installing the Boot Camp drivers Device Manager shows the first issue: The good news is I've done the hard work after a couple hours of sillyness and mostly thanks to, a Directory Services MVP. You need for the generic Bluetooth stack. Use this entirely at your own risk! You backup, right?
To get things working we need to hack about a bit. In Device Manager, right click Bluetooth USB Host Controller and choose Update Driver Software.
Click Browse my computer for driver software. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
Click Bluetooth Radios and Next. Select Apple Inc and Apple Built-in Bluetooth and then Next. (See, Boot Camp did install them, it just couldn't make them function, because of.). On the Update Driver Warning, click Yes.
After a short while the driver will be installed, click Close. You will see some annoying dialogs (three of them) - cancel them. You will now see that Apple Built-in Bluetooth shows up under Bluetooth Radios, but we have three new Unknown Devices in Device Manager. At this point the Bluetooth icon will also show up in the notification area. This is where our modified driver INFs are needed. Extract the ZIP file someplace, e.g. C: bt before continuing.
Right click the first Unknown Device and choose Update Driver Software. Click Browse my computer for driver software. Enter the path to the extracted ZIP and click Next. Windows will moan about driver signing - click Install this driver software anyway.
After a short while the driver will be installed, click Close. Repeat 10 thru 14 for the other two unknown devices. Once complete we will see the MS Bluetooth Enumerator show up in Bluetooth Radios and a couple more Bluetooth devices in Network Adaptors: Unfortunately we are not quite done. Don't close Device Manager yet. This is the stage to install the MS Intellipoint software. We could have done this before - it doesn't really matter. When it prompts you to insert the transceiver, click Cancel.
Now we need to pair the mouse using the Bluetooth control panel. Our mouse won't yet work, but we will get another device show up in Device Manager.
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Follow steps 10 thru 14 above and the Bluetooth HID Device will be installed. Waggle your Wireless Notebook Presenter - all is good.Click the presentation mode button - all is good:) At this point you can delete the folder containing the modified drivers etc.
Most Mac computers come with Bluetooth technology built-in. You can check to see if your computer supports Bluetooth:. Look for the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.
If the Bluetooth icon is present, your computer has Bluetooth. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu, then click Bluetooth. If the Bluetooth preferences lists options for enabling Bluetooth and making your device discoverable, Bluetooth is installed.
From the Apple menu, choose About this Mac, then click More Info. Select Bluetooth from the Hardware section.
If the Hardware Setting section shows information, your system has Bluetooth installed. The Bluetooth menu bar icon in the upper-right of your display gives you information about the status of Bluetooth and connected devices: Bluetooth is on, but there are no devices to your Mac.
If you expect a wireless device to be connected,. Bluetooth is on and at least one wireless device is connected. At least one wireless device has a low battery. Click the Bluetooth icon to identify the affected device, then. Bluetooth is off. Click the Bluetooth icon using a wired mouse or trackpad or the built-in trackpad on your Mac notebook and select Turn Bluetooth On. Mac computers without built-in trackpads won’t allow Bluetooth to be turned off unless a USB mouse is connected.
Bluetooth is offline and unavailable. Restart your Mac. If the Bluetooth status doesn’t change, disconnect all USB devices and restart your Mac again.
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If Bluetooth continues to show as unavailable, you might need to. Bluetooth wireless devices are associated with your computer through a process called pairing. After you pair a device, your Mac automatically connects to it anytime it's in range.
If your Mac came with a wireless keyboard, mouse, or trackpad, they were pre-paired at the factory. Turn on the devices and your Mac should automatically connect to them when your computer starts up. If you purchased your Apple wireless devices separately, learn how to. After you pair a Bluetooth device with your Mac, you should see it listed in Bluetooth preferences. Bluetooth devices are usually available a few moments after your Mac completes its startup process. After waking from sleep, your Mac should find Apple wireless devices right away. Other wireless devices can take up to 5 seconds to be recognized.
You might need to to wake it up. Some Bluetooth devices, such as audio headsets, might disconnect to conserve the device's battery power after no audio or data is present for a certain amount of time. When this happens, you might need to push a button on the device to make it active again. Check the documentation that came with your device for more information. The official Bluetooth specifications say seven is the maximum number of Bluetooth devices that can be connected to your Mac at once. However, three to four devices is a practical limit, depending on the types of devices used. Some devices require more Bluetooth data, so they're more demanding than other devices.
Data-intensive devices might reduce the total number of devices that can be active at the same time. If a Bluetooth device doesn't appear in, or if it becomes slow to connect or doesn't perform reliably, try turning off devices you aren't using. Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of third-party websites or products. Apple makes no representations regarding third-party website accuracy or reliability.
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