How to Install a Bluetooth Driver

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology -
Computer Science & Software Engineering

Overview

Follow these instructions to install a Bluetooth driver.

• If you have a 2009-2010 laptop, you do NOT have to do this installation, since your laptop came with a Microsoft driver for Bluetooth.
• The driver below has been tested on 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 laptops; it may not work on older laptops.

Installing the driver

1. You may need to login as localmgr to install this driver.
2. Download this zipped driver installer, then unzip it and run the unzipped result.
• This file is big (about 100MB), so you would be wise to download it while on campus.
3. When prompted to log off, do so, then log back in.

Configure the Bluetooth Software (warning — I am not sure that the following is correct)

1. Once you log back in, a Bluetooth icon should appear in your Taskbar in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. Double-click this icon to run Initial Bluetooth Configuration.
2. When you reach "Bluetooth Services" make sure that "Bluetooth Serial" is checked.
3. Complete the configuration wizard, and click Cancel to exit setup when finished.