Bluetooth problems / D630

Does anyone know how to get a Bluetooth / Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000 working on a D630?

My D630 has the factory installed bluetooth with the Toshiba Bluetooth stack and I have been playing with it for hours trying to get it to work.

One online review I read described the same problem I have been experiencing,,,
***I was determined to get this mouse working with the built-in Bluetooth in my new Dell Latitude notebook. Found that the Toshiba drivers provided by Dell for the Bluetooth would not work with the Microsoft mouse. Seems still some incompatibility with different manufactures of Bluetooth devices. Go figure....Had to delete the Toshiba drivers and let XP with SP-2 provide the drivers and it works great.***

I did delete the Toshiba drivers but now can't figure out how to "let XP with SP-2 provide the drivers" ? I would appreciate any advise how to do this!

So I guess this may be a common problem with Dell/Toshiba Bluetooth/MS Mice.

Sadly, I tried it on my sons MacBook and it recognized the mouse immediately without even running a wizard.

Thanks -
SAFDC

 

Assuming 32-bit, here's the link to 32-bit Intellipoint 6.1.

I'm also on a D630, also have the MS 8000 Presenter Mouse, and also had the BT problems.

Not sure if the "issues" are the same, but I am running Vista and it took me a good four days to figure this one out. Well, sort of.

At the head of my head-banging session, the most reliable (ie connects EVERYTIME I start the computer) setup was indeed using the Microsft (instead of any of the Toshiba/other brands) BT stack, the dongle that came with the Presenter Mouse, and the Intellipoint software. Funny thing is, I never had a problem with this until the last round of updates from Microsoft.

Maybe in the future they will resolve this issue. For now, this is the combination I am using to get my BT mouse to connect reliably everytime.

Regards,
Paolo

You can "Add" a device using the Bluetooth connection options (right-click the taskbar icon) and pair it yourself, or the Intellipoint software will set it up for you.

I've actually tried running it without the software, but I had startups where the mouse would not connect about half of the time. I personally don't think good of having to run software at startup for peripherals to work, but this was the sure-fire way I have found to "force" a connection, plus give you the functionality of the other buttons on the mice.

If you find a better solution to this "BT crisis", by all means please do tell.

 

My OS is XP Pro.

I don't want to have to use the dongle if I can avoid it.
Thanks for your reply,
safdc

Latitude D630, Intel® Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.00GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core, 14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel, 1.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 1 DIMM, 120GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM, BT, AGN card, XP Pro

 

I just got the BlueTooth 360 card in my D630 and it paired with my MS Presenter 8000 perfectly using the Dell provided Toshiba BT Stack.

Just go to BlueTooth settings, then into Options, click the Security tab and set the slider all the way down to "Low", Click "Yes" to the security warning and apply the new setting, now, go back to pair your mouse and this time it won't ask you for a Passkey.

After you pair your mouse go back to the Security tab and set the slider back to Standard and you're set.

Simple and painless!

Ren

 

The above solution worked for me...I would have been beating my head on this....Thanks!!!