No Bluetooth combatibility...at all

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I have a 2001 HP Pavillion PC running Windows XP Home edition. From the
information I have read, Microsoft Bluetooth drivers/software *should* have
come with the SP2 update, but they are nowhere on my system. Before this
update, I have never used any type of Bluetooth technology or downloaded any
type of its software. I have recently purchased a Microsoft Optical Desktop
Elite for Bluetooth and IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth but have no way
of using them, as I have no bluetooth device manager whatsoever. When I plug
in the Bluetooth device into my USB port, I get the error message "One of the
USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not
recognize it." For other devices, my USB ports work fine. My question is, how
do I enable Bluetooth on my computer? Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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Brian, you may need one of these
http://www.usbgear.com/Bluetooth_usb_adapter/index.html

"Brian McCrea" <Brian McCrea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 2001 HP Pavillion PC running Windows XP Home edition. From the
> information I have read, Microsoft Bluetooth drivers/software *should*
> have
> come with the SP2 update, but they are nowhere on my system. Before this
> update, I have never used any type of Bluetooth technology or downloaded
> any
> type of its software. I have recently purchased a Microsoft Optical
> Desktop
> Elite for Bluetooth and IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth but have no
> way
> of using them, as I have no bluetooth device manager whatsoever. When I
> plug
> in the Bluetooth device into my USB port, I get the error message "One of
> the
> USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does
> not
> recognize it." For other devices, my USB ports work fine. My question is,
> how
> do I enable Bluetooth on my computer? Any help is greatly appreciated.