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HOW TO I INSTALL THIS BLUETOOTH DONGLE ON WINDOWS VISTA?!?

Jul 29, 2009 4:52AM PDT

I just purchased a Kensington 33085 USB bluetooth adapter off ebay. The drivers are ONLY for XP, so how am I supposed to install this POS on 64 bit Vista? I'm lost...

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Did you go to their web site?
Jul 29, 2009 6:55AM PDT
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30- day trial
Jul 29, 2009 11:04AM PDT

This is a 30 day trial. How do I go around that? It works now, but it wont in 30 days. Any others that are free/no trials?

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Kensington drivers are not 30 day trials.
Jul 29, 2009 12:48PM PDT

If you think they are, please get your money back.

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ok...
Jul 29, 2009 1:31PM PDT

The Toshiba bluetooth managaer says it is only a 30 day trial. So yes, the drivers will still work after 30 days, but how do I transfer files without a manager/file transfer app? I must be missing something... All I want to do I transfer files between my cell phone. I'm thinking the USB cord is faster and more efficient...

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Then the gig is up.
Jul 29, 2009 8:41PM PDT

You want to buy a dongle that comes with all things Vista.

Here I didn't install the "manager" but use Vista's native Bluetooth manager. Sorry but I don't duplicate web content or help content included with the OS. I only fill in the hard to find items.
Bob

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I don't have the native manager
Jul 30, 2009 1:28AM PDT

I'm not stupid... I have a Dell Studio 540 I purchased recently, and it's running 64 bit Vista Premium. When I go to control panal/hardware and sound, all I get is Bluetooth Local COM, which is NOT a bluetooth wizard, just a list of COM ports. If I search for bluetooth wizard, I get no result. It is also not in the accessories file like everyone says. When I run fsquirt.exe, I get an error saying windows cannot find it. How do I not have the wizard/where can I get it?

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It's included with your basic windows.
Jul 30, 2009 5:38AM PDT

If not, you ask Dell where they hid it. That is, if they supplied the OEM version of the OS.
Bob