Bluetooth grayed out in Desktop Manager?

[fatcat5393]

I have been trying to solve this for a year.

Maybe now my HP bluetooth printer will work also.

[rpmgsxr]

OP!!!! You rock!!! I have been messin with my damn BT and my Storm 2 all friggin day. I find your post and literally 10 minutes later it is working!!!! YOU ABSOLUTELY ROCK!!!!

[sneogi]

Originally Posted by connert

It seems like I went through *** to find the reason my Desktop Manager would not play nice with my Belkin Bluetooth dongal. Once I found out the reason my DM bluetooth option was grayed out (WIDCOMM stack), and the answer (Windows stack), it took a search through several forums and Microsoft's KB to resolve the issue. So, I thought I'd post a step by step guide to help others.

If you are a BIS user like me, Bluetooth connectivity is probably the best option for keeping outlook synced.

I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but I uninstalled DM before starting this and re-installed it after.

(Assuming you have a usb bluetooth device installed on your PC and Windows XP)

This is what worked for me:

1. Go to Device Manager and right click on your bluetooth device, then click properties. (Be sure you have the dongal plugged in are you will not find a listing for it in Device Manager).

2. Go to the "Details" Tab and select the Device Instance Id.

3. Now click on the Id in the box below. It will look something like USB\VID_050D&PID_0131\5&31AD355&0&1.

4. Press ctrl + c to copy the id.

5. Open Notepad on your PC and paste the id in to it.

6. Remove the last part of the id so it looks like USB\VID_050D&PID_0131

7. Copy the modified id to your clipboard.

8. Go to Start then Run and type %windir%\inf\bth.inf in the box. Click OK.

9. Notepad will open this file.

10. Scroll down the notepad until you see:


;------------- Device section - Start -----------------------

[ALPS.NT.5.1]
ALPS Integrated Bluetooth Device= BthUsb, USB\Vid_044e&Pid_3005
Alps Bluetooth USB Adapter= BthUsb, USB\Vid_044e&Pid_3006

[Belkin.NT.5.1]
Belkin Bluetooth Adapter= BthUsb, USB\Vid_050d&Pid_0081
Belkin Bluetooth Adapter= BthUsb, USB\Vid_050d&Pid_0084
My Bluetooth Device Adapter= BthUsb, USB\VID_050D&PID_0131

[BrainBoxes.NT.5.1]
Brain Boxes USB Bluetooth Adapter BL-554= BthUsb, USB\Vid_05d1&Pid_0003


11. This is where you are going to add your device id. Paste the id from step 7 in to this file. Be sure to add a device name so it looks like this: (see red text in example)

My Bluetooth Device= BthUsb, USB\VID_050D&0131

12. Save this file and close notepad.

13. Go to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and remove all the Bluetooth software you have installed.

14. Remove the dongal from your USB port.

15. Restart your computer.

16. After your computer reboots, re-connect dongal to USB port and let Windows automatically find and install your device. It will load the native Windows Bluetooth stack which is needed for Desktop Manager to allow you to sync through Bluetooth connection.

Open DM options and the Bluetooth option should no longer be grayed out. It is not as hard as it may seem.

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Thanks for the elaborate explanation. However, I am a novice in these matters.
I tried to go step by step as described by you, but was stumped at step 6 onwards. I use a Fujitsu Laptop (s6311). The bluetooth driver installed is
of Toshiba. This is the display on the "Device Instance Id" "BLUETOOTH\0004&0007\0000"

Can you please guide me after this.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Sidhartha