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rubicon · 10-20-2003, 04:30 PM

I tried using BT under XP and gave up after trying about 5 or 6 versions of the drivers from D-Link, IOGear, and Broadcom.

BT support is not built into 2000 or XP.

The installs created all sorts of virtual COM ports and other crap that gave me flashbacks of running MS-DOS 3.3.

I tried using BT with Sony's T68i to sync my phone with Outlook. It worked twice and never again regardless of the drivers I used. I also found that many BT features appear as available options in the software but don't actually work. For example, you can't browse the contents of the T68i although the BT software provides that option. From what I've read, many BT features must be incorporated in the device itself or require additional drivers that aren't available yet.

Ironically, I have BT running very well on my Mac under OS X. No virtual COM ports or other nonsense like that. Plug and play the way it's supposed to be.

Good luck and let us know if you find a winning combination of drivers for Windows.

10-20-2003, 04:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Location: Redondo Beach, CA	I tried using BT under XP and gave up after trying about 5 or 6 versions of the drivers from D-Link, IOGear, and Broadcom. BT support is not built into 2000 or XP. The installs created all sorts of virtual COM ports and other crap that gave me flashbacks of running MS-DOS 3.3. I tried using BT with Sony's T68i to sync my phone with Outlook. It worked twice and never again regardless of the drivers I used. I also found that many BT features appear as available options in the software but don't actually work. For example, you can't browse the contents of the T68i although the BT software provides that option. From what I've read, many BT features must be incorporated in the device itself or require additional drivers that aren't available yet. Ironically, I have BT running very well on my Mac under OS X. No virtual COM ports or other nonsense like that. Plug and play the way it's supposed to be. Good luck and let us know if you find a winning combination of drivers for Windows. __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.