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    Bluetooth and Clean Install of XP problem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by EateryOfPiza, Feb 22, 2008.

  1. EateryOfPiza

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    Hello, comp specs are in the sig.

    I just did a clean install of XP on a new hard drive. I still have my old hard drive with the factory installed XP on it, so if needed, I can pull stuff from there.

    I was following the Clean XP Install guide ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=188992) and I got to the Bluetooth part. It said that I need to hit Fn+F5 to turn on the Bluetooth. I did that and nothing popped up. So I decided to install it anyways. I go to Control Panel and click on Bluetooth Configuration, and i get a "Bluetooth Device not found"

    I looked around the forum, and I came across this post regarding Bluetooth and Vista ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=201450)

    It seems to require that AccessConnections is installed before installing Bluetooth. So I uninstalled Bluetooth and reinstalled with the AccessConnections and then the Bluetooth. If I press Fn+F5, still nothing.

    I noticed from my factory disk that if I press Fn+F5, an AcFnF5.exe launches. I searched for this and found it in C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities.

    I ran AcFnF5.exe manually and on the factory disk it showed both the Wireless device and the Bluetooth, but on the clean install of XP, it showed only the Wireless device, not the Bluetooth.

    Also, I do have the Hotkey app installed.

    Any help on getting Bluetooth working would be appreciated. Thanks
     
    EateryOfPiza, Feb 22, 2008
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