bluetooth not working vista

Have an ASUS v6j notebook, and it has a BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0. Everytime windows tries to install the drivers off my manufactures disk, it says windows encountered a proble minstalling the driver software for your device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid.
Any suggestions?

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"BoDEAN" wrote:

Have an ASUS v6j notebook, and it has a BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0. Everytime windows tries to install the drivers off my manufactures disk, it says windows encountered a proble minstalling the driver software for your device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid.
Any suggestions?

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"BoDEAN" wrote:

Have an ASUS v6j notebook, and it has a BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0. Everytime windows tries to install the drivers off my manufactures disk, it says windows encountered a proble minstalling the driver software for your device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid.
Any suggestions?

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:02:01 -0700, BoDEAN wrote:

Have an ASUS v6j notebook, and it has a BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0. Everytime windows tries to install the drivers off my manufactures disk, it says windows encountered a proble minstalling the driver software for your device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid.
Any suggestions?

Obviously, this means that Vista just doesn't like the driver for your BlueTooth adapter. Therefore, you are doomed to waiting for an updated driver from the manufacturer.
There are no work-arounds, no secondary methods. Unless a driver is produced for your adapter which is compatible with Vista, you will have no other choices than to (1) wait for an updated driver and software from the manufacturer, or (2) purchase a BlueTooth adapter which IS compatible with Vista, and for which the manufacturer HAS released a Vista-compatible driver and software.
Since Microsoft itself does NOT produce drivers for all these devices, it will HAVE to come from the manufacturer itself, in ITS time, or it simply won't come at all.
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Found updated drivers. Everything installed fine. Now when I click on the Bluetooth manager icon on my task bar, and try to add a new connection (my mouse) i get a msg saying that there was an error, bluetooth manager will shut down. Any fixes? Do I have to use a toshiba bluetooth manager, if I have a toshiba bluetooth builtin card? Or does MS/Vista have an updated bluetooth manager that I am not seeing???

"Donald L McDaniel" wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:02:01 -0700, BoDEAN BoDEAN@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Have an ASUS v6j notebook, and it has a BT-183 Bluetooth 2.0. Everytime windows tries to install the drivers off my manufactures disk, it says windows encountered a proble minstalling the driver software for your device. A service installation section in this INF is invalid.
Any suggestions?
Obviously, this means that Vista just doesn't like the driver for your BlueTooth adapter. Therefore, you are doomed to waiting for an updated driver from the manufacturer.
There are no work-arounds, no secondary methods. Unless a driver is produced for your adapter which is compatible with Vista, you will have no other choices than to (1) wait for an updated driver and software from the manufacturer, or (2) purchase a BlueTooth adapter which IS compatible with Vista, and for which the manufacturer HAS released a Vista-compatible driver and software.
Since Microsoft itself does NOT produce drivers for all these devices, it will HAVE to come from the manufacturer itself, in ITS time, or it simply won't come at all.
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Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread and newsgroup. =====================================================

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:25:02 -0700, BoDEAN wrote:

Found updated drivers. Everything installed fine. Now when I click on the Bluetooth manager icon on my task bar, and try to add a new connection (my mouse) i get a msg saying that there was an error, bluetooth manager will shut down. Any fixes? Do I have to use a toshiba bluetooth manager, if I have a toshiba bluetooth builtin card? Or does MS/Vista have an updated bluetooth manager that I am not seeing???

It's always been my experience with Windows that when you add a third-party adapter, you MUST use the software and drivers provided with the third-party adapter.
As I have previously said, Microsoft is not in the business of writing drivers for third-party devices. PERIOD. If Microsoft "provides" a driver on it's installation disk, it is ONLY because the third-party developer worked with Microsoft to write the driver. Therefore, such drivers are NOT produced by Microsoft, but by the third-party manufacturer.
It's ALWAYS best to use the drivers and software provided on the device manufacturer's websites or in the distribution package usually provided with your purchase.
Ask yourself this question: Will ANY Manufacturer's sound card software work with yours? Almost always, this answer is "no".PERIOD.
Use the manufacturer-provided software with the manufacturer-provided device.
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