XP can't find USB Blue Tooth Adaptor?

I have a blue tooth adaptor, Belkin F8T001 ver 2. I had no problem with hooking it up to my laptop which ran ME. Now, if I hook it up to the desk top running XP it recognizes a blue tooth but never quite sees the device.





I downloaded the latest drivers and software from Belkin and that doesn't seem to help. The unit appears to be working with the light flashing. The computer can't see it and the cellphone I'm trying to pair it with can't see it.

XP can't find USB Blue Tooth Adaptor?
I had the same problem with a similar model, must be a Belkin bug.





Try this.





Click Start %26gt;%26gt; Run .. and type devmgmt.msc to open device manager.





1. In Device Manager, right-click the "Belkin Bluetooth Adapter" and select "Update driver" (or the plus sign next to Bluetooth Devices)





2. Select "Install from a list or specific location Advanced)" -%26gt; Next





3. Select "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install" -%26gt; Next





4. There should be two options: "Belkin Bluetooth Adapter" and "Belkin Bluetooth Device". "Belkin Bluetooth Device" is not digitally signed. Select it and click Next.





It worked for me because it's a total pain in the proverbial :)
Reply:the socket or blutooth adaptor is broke or probably has a loose conection
Reply:Are you getting a Bluetooth icon in the tray? If not, it's not really installed, so reinstall it (Add Hardware wizard). If you are, remove it (in Device manager), reboot and let XP reinstall it.





It should install pretty automatically on first plug-in with XP. (It'll install the Microsoft driver, which leaves a lot to be desired - Toshiba and Widcomm are a lot better - but it should work, at least enough to pair a cell phone.)
Reply:You will need to configure it to "allow this device to be shown", right click the icon and choose options which will allow you to configure it, it will also let you open up the main dialogue which will allow you to search for the phone (provided you have the blue tooth feature turned on).