How do I get Windows 7 to detect Bluetooth mouse?

[Bodrey]

I have a Lenovo T410S laptop running Windows 7 Pro; 64-bit. I have a Microsoft Sculpt Mouse that was given to me by a co-worker. The OS could detect it fine on my old laptop but now that I've switched it can't find ANY Bluetooth devices. There isn't even an option in Control Panel to add a Bluetooth device. How is that possible? There are no updates available pertaining to Bluetooth and the Bluetooth Support Service is turned on as are its 2 dependencies. This mouse doesn't have a USB receiver; direct Bluetooth. Maybe this laptop is too old to support direct connect Bluetooth devices but the other laptop was not that much newer and detected it just fine. Are there settings in the BIOS that I need to turn on so the system will detect Bluetooth devices? This is ridiculous in my opinion. It's a Windows OS and a Microsoft mouse. Yet the system can't detect one of their own products whatsoever.

 

[samuria]

Is it Bluetooth most are wireless if it does the PC have Bluetooth?

 

[Magnakai]

hey bodrey i had a similar problem as u, except for my case i think it's cos my BT device is not up to spec. i tried to use Microsoft's Designer Bluetooth Mouse on my laptop but it didn't detect it. it could be 1 or 2 things actually : the mouse said to require windows 8, and at least BT 4.0 or BT Smart, and my card only supports up to BT 3.0 + HS.

One day, i hope to upgrade my BT device, and when i do, i will see if the 'win 8 requirement' really holds true. go to device manager and investigate the bt items there. see if ur version supports the sculpt mouse

"Are there settings in the BIOS that I need to turn on so the system will detect Bluetooth devices?"

Did you mean something like broadcasting/ to search for devices or not to search, after BT had been turned on? No i don't think so. Any such setting would be done in windows.

Some laptops like dell XPS gives u the hard switch to either turn BT completely ON or OFF at bios.