The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Anybody have a Bluetooth USB adapter in Vista 64?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by JBasham, Dec 23, 2008.

  1. JBasham

    JBasham Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a new laptop running Vista 64. I need to buy a bluetooth adapter. Anybody using one with a functioning driver?
     
    JBasham, Dec 23, 2008
    #1
  2. vinumsv

    vinumsv MobileFreak™

    Reputations:
    502
    Messages:
    1,238
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I have one and its a Widcomm Based One so it works without any driver :D
     
    vinumsv, Dec 23, 2008
    #2
  3. JBasham

    JBasham Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    20
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Bump bump bump
     
    JBasham, Mar 20, 2009
    #3
  4. lengendnr

    lengendnr Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    77
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    You can buy any one bluetooth adapter.. Range from few dollars to 50 over dollars..

    All are the same.. for now, most are bluetooth 2.0..
    Some say class 1(100m) or class 2(10m) range..
    Well, all are BS.. All roughly about 10m range or lesser..

    The software that is recommended is Bluesoleil. You need to pay for this software..
    It supports 32 and 64bit OS..
    Just google it..
     
    lengendnr, Mar 21, 2009
    #4
  5. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

    Reputations:
    3,300
    Messages:
    7,115
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Pitabred, Mar 21, 2009
    #5
  6. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    182
    Messages:
    206
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    No problem with any BlueTooth USB stick I have used on my Vista64, all are detected and work with the standard Vista BlueTooth stack. If you want advanced features then you need to get some BlueTooth software.
     
    Qwakrz, Mar 23, 2009
    #6