How is Bluetooth supposed to work in windows 7

Hi there. First, I want to start by saying I'm running windows 7 ultimate x64 on my MacBook retina. I've never been a fan of Bluetooth but now I'm looking to use a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I sync both devices, and both work fine. However, when I reboot or put the computer to sleep, neither device works. Only solution I've found is deleting the devices and resyncing them. I'm using the default windows Bluetooth manager.

Should these be autoconnecting on restart? Is this a common windows issue, or more likely a bootcamp issue?

Can someone just tell me how their bluetooth normally works? Is it one of those things where turning on the Bluetooth device automatically results in a reconnect? Or do you have to remove the device every time and re-sync it? I'm just wondering if I should try what I've seen in some other threads, such as installing Toshiba's Bluetooth manager or something of that nature.

 

You need to have the devices paired on startup each time you boot the computer, I think. It's not like a wireless mouse that auto-syncs with the receiver the moment it's initiated, and the moment the mouse is powered on.

 

How does one set up automatic pairing in Windows? I can't even find an option to manually re-pair devices.

 

Maybe this guide will be of some help: Connect a Bluetooth device that does not have or require a transceiver

Other than that, you may simply need to re-enable the device or put it in discovery mode on each startup.

 

For one thing what kinda computer are you using would help to identify what kinda bluetooth device it has or uses woudl be a start?? Bluetooth as another reply says requires you to pair up the device so that it recognizes the device that communicates with the bluetooth device but again without knowing what computer your asking help on doesn't give a good solution to begin with. And Bluetooth devices does have drivers for them and if you don't load the right drivers you won't be able to use them even though it shows on the taskbar bluetooth icon. You have to get the right bluetooth driver and also get the right bluetooth hardware that fits internally in the laptop or if external bluetooth dongle then you still need to load the drivers to use it. Then device communicating with the bluetooth must be detected by the bluetooth device to pair up otherwise it won't see it. On Dell 1525 with Bluetooth it will sync with M$ bluetooth mouse 5000 but when you get to the Desktop to get full function you need to pair up the mouse with the laptop to get the full feature to work. So it's not clear cut when using bluetooth you have to do some homework about both sides to get them to work properly.

 

Thanks for the link. I will definitely check that out when I get home.

As I said in my OP, I'm using a Macbook Retina running Bootcamp.

 

Have u tried un-pairing them first? I know in OSX you won't have those issues. Go to the Apple forums & ask them. Could be BC or a Windows thing.

Do u have current BC drivers?

I recently sold my MBP so I can't go test myself.

-Sent from my ATT SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 LTE using Tapatalk 2

 

Ok, after a few hours of troubleshooting, the problem is with the crappy Bootcamp drivers supplied by Apple, and not a Windows 7 issue, which means this question is in the wrong subforum. Anyways, if anyone stumbles upon this, I can verify that these two threads will get Bluetooth working correctly on a 2012 15" rMBP:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/17665634#17665634
http://linkopia.blogspot.com/2009/05...n-xp-boot.html

 

Yes, and to actually answer the question you asked: On a normal machine, you need to manually pair a new Bluetooth device just once. After that, the setting should be remembered on both ends, and no further action of any kind will be required. Well, some Bluetooth devices are a bit iffy, and tend to loose their connection every now and then. Even in these cases the device should reconnect on its own or, if you're impatient, simply turning the device off and back on again should do the trick. However, in my experience it is true that non-bluetooth wireless devices (such as the ones from Logitech) tend to be more reliable.