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    bluetooth and Windows XP

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Captx, Oct 9, 2009.

  1. Captx

    Captx Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    When I customize a laptop through Dell web site, they give me a compatibility error when I select XP downsize and a 370 bluetooth card.

    Do bluetooth and Windows XP are incompatible ??
     
    Captx, Oct 9, 2009
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    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    In and of themselves, no, as my computer has bluetooth and runs XP. In this particular case, it may be that the card for that laptop lacks XP drivers, as I don't think many companies write drivers for XP anymore.
     
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    sometimes it's a pain to find bluetooth drivers... and XP X64 requires different drivers from XP X64. I really HATE it because internal bluetooth it's not something you can upgrade or change easily.
     
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    Captx Notebook Enthusiast

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    But do win 7 (64) will be fully compatible with bluetooth module ??
     
    Captx, Oct 11, 2009
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    Yes windows 7 will be compatible... windows xp= obsolete... I really hate it.. it bland slow and something i nver want to use again and not to mention drivers for xp are hard to get and suck.
     
    sean473, Oct 11, 2009
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