Bluetooth with Windows 7

[D247]

O.K., I used bluetooth when I first got my HP DV7, so I know it works, but I haven't used it in a few weeks. I have done some tweaks and stuff, and now when I wanted to use bluetooth again I can't get the stack to open up, I tried HP wireless assistant where I used to be able to turn WiFi or Bluetooth on and off and now it only shows the wifi. Anybody know WTF is going on.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Have you tried updating your network adapter drivers?

 

[PooMan UK]

I have done some tweaks and stuff, and now when I wanted to use bluetooth again I can't get the stack to open up

Ummm ... what tweaks exactly pal ? Maybe try completely uninstalling and then re-installing the blue tooth ... minus the "tweaks" just to see if you can resort to a basic connectivity.

 

[D247]

As far as I knew the tweaks had nothing to do with the bluetooth, and as for the drivers I tried the WidComm ones from the HP site and also reinstalled the HP Wireless Assistant with no results. It's like the bluetooth isn't there anymore.

 

[FredC]

Resolution to Issue?

Hey D,

Did you get this issue resolved with your HP DV7. I recently had the very same issue, after months of not using the Bluetooth connection, it disappeared from the HP Wireless Assistant (HPWA). Uninstalling/reinstalling the HPWA achieved nothing.
I will try another idea later tonight. But, it seems to me to be a hardware issue, i.e. that the integrated bluetooth device has failed.

Please let me know how you resolved it.

 

[D247]

Never did get it fixed, haven't used it since and I brought it to the dealer who then told me I would have to send it to HP. I was going to get in touch with HP to see if they would send me a new bluetooth receiver seeing as how it is only unplug the old one and plug the new one in. Might do that now that I am talking about it again. Let me know if you figure anything out.