2003 MS Bluetooth Mice... The easy way..

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Not sure if anyone has shared this, but it worked for me so hopefully it will work for others...

One of the most annoying things is the lack of bluetooth functionality within 2003... It really p***ed me off, and i know it must annoy others so I hope this works for others.

First off you need:

A machine with Microsoft Windows XP Sp2

Your 2k3 machine needs Sp1

Both machines networked.

This trick may be familiar to people who use a systems driver cache to reinstall drivers...

First off, go through the install process on the XP machine. This will setup the bluetooth stack and everything else.. once you get it all up and running:

1. Map a drive to your xp machines admin$ share. EG Net use X: \\xp\admin$

2. Insert the bluetooth receiver into a usb port on your 2k3 box

3. When prompted, choose to install the driver manually

4. Point the driver install to X:\INF

This will kick off the install... Windows will prompt you to install different files, there are a combination of locations that you use to do this:

x:\system32

x:\system32\drivers

x:\driver cache\i386 (The SP2.CAB file is located here, you might need to extract some files from it)

c:\windows\system32\drivers

There is also a chance you will get an error regarding irprops.cpl, this is the bluetooth control panel applet. you can find it on x:\system32.

There are a couple of notes:

My system did not detect the mouse with the proper description as pointed out in the manual when i did a bluetooth scan... For some reason... my mouse is called "stevie"

The other thing is that intellisync will NOT have the bluetooth mouse listed, i used the Wireless Intellimouse explorer 2.0 setting and it all works fine.

The wireless receiver does pick up other devices like my phone.... now if i can get the pcssuite to work i will be happy