There was a thread in this newsgroup about getting the PC850 to work with Windows Vista but it cannot be replied to with Google Groups. If you're using the driver cd the PC850 came with, or the driver download offered on motorola's website, it will not work period. Don't expect the generic drivers that vista automatically installs for the dongle to work within vista's proprietary bluetooth control panel.
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The PC850 DOES works with a newer version of the widcomm bluetooth driver that originally came with your PC850. Hardstyle Essentials. The interface and setup is the same as pc850's bluetooth control panel if you've used it in xp, except now it functions in vista. I got this version to work with windows vista and my pc850 This is a newer version of the drivers that were included with your pc850 and what motrorola offers themselves on their support page. It worked like a charm, and my pc no longer freezes anymore whenever i plug in my dongle, i read that some were having that same problem. There is an even newer version, but i have yet to try it out, frankly since the 5.1.0.2700 works i'm not going to push my luck and try the newer version but in case you want it, its available here: Let me know how it goes for you, just trying to spread the information because motorola is not really being helpful with vista implementation, and they are not telling their customers that there are newer versions of the widcomm drivers available online, you just have to scour the internet for them. I found this thread while surfing the internet, trying to figure out why my PC850 won't work on vista home basic 32 bit, so I'm downloading the 32 bit version you posted and trying that. This is my first Bluetooth, and my 15th Motorola product and so far in 44 years I'm not very impressed with the service Motorola provides, I called them about this problem and all they said was I needed to either buy a XP computer or get a different Bluetooth device.
If I gave out customer service like that I'd be fires in 3 days -- wolfen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wolfen's Profile: View this thread. Install Internet Explorer 7 Wine. Ladies and Gentlemen as of 1700 hrs EST (-5:00hrs GMT for anybody overseas) I now have a program from Motorola that makes the PC850 work on Windows Vista.
The file is BTW5.1.0.1201_with_install_Menu. I found it scouring the internet before my brand new Bluetooth device got a flight lesson and I juts finished sending a ringtone that I made from computer to wireless phone using the Bluetooth device -- wolfen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wolfen's Profile: View this thread.