Setup A Bluetooth Headset For Use With Windows Vista

Bluetooth Mouse Losing Connection No More! Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5. I have a Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5.

I bought when I bought my new Thinkpad with built- in Bluetooth. At the time I was running 6. Vista and all was well. Then I upgraded to 6. Windows 7, and suddenly the mouse started constantly losing connection. There was no detectable pattern. It would work fine for a while, and then start disconnecting all the time for no apparently reason.

Sometimes it would not wake up after sleeping, but sometimes it would quit while I was using it. At first I got it going again by removing the mouse from the list of Bluetooth devices and then adding it back in. That took too much time. Then, by accident, I discovered that I could wake it up by opening my Bluetooth settings and toggling the checkbox “Allow Bluetooth devices to find this computer”. If it was off I’d turn it on, if it was on I’d turn it off. That was faster, but still a pain. I searched the internet and found many similar complaints, but no solutions.

Introduction. The process of adding Bluetooth devices in Windows 7 is very different from adding them in Windows Vista. In this article, I will walk you through the. Learn more about Bluetooth wireless networking, and how to use it on your Verizon Wireless devices. I have a Sony Ericson Mp3 player phone, a Dell Inspiron laptop with Vista Ultimate and a 2006 produced Microsoft mouse.you got it I'm trying to send video (of my. I have had this issue on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 with different Bluetooth mice. The solution for setting the “allow this computer to turn off this.

Several sites suggested upgrading your Bluetooth drivers. There’s no new driver for the Microsoft mouse, but I updated the Thinkpad Bluetooth drivers.

Then the other day the mouse started quitting on me every few minutes and in desperation I searched again. This time I found the answer. There are two separate settings that need to be changed.

Bluetooth Support Service Setting. Part 1 of the solution is buried in this Microsoft Knowledgebase article: Connect a Bluetooth device that does not have or require a transceiver. And I quote: How to make sure that the Bluetooth service is started. Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap- in for Services. To do this, follow these steps. My log on settings were okay, but my Startup Type was set to “Manual” rather than “Automatic”.

I changed it, like so: Bluetooth Power Management Setting. But sadly, my problem wasn’t solved. So then I tried something else. I opened up Device Manager, expanded “Bluetooth Radios”, and double- clicked on the device to open its Properties page – not the enumerator, the device.

Double click the device (highlighted), not the enumerator. Go to the Power Management page and clear the checkbox “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”.

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And finally, relief! No more disconnects. Apparently there is a bug in the power management of the Bluetooth driver under Windows 7. Uncheck 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power'I can’t say for sure that the first step of making the Bluetooth Support Service automatic is necessary, or just turning off power management would fix it.

It doesn’t hurt to change it to automatic so I didn’t test this. If you test it, post your results. Are both changes needed, or do you just need to turn off power management to stop losing connection?