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hackedoff · 29-07-2005, 21:50

Hi

Wondred if someone had some advice on this problem...
Have a user at work (Director) who has a HP IPAQ and HP NC6000 laptop, both with bluetooth enabled. Laptop is ruuning Windows 2000 SP4.
Both devices can see each other and are paired. However when trying to use Active Sync (latest version from web), it cannot find the connection.
The problem being that the HP bluetooth software ('My Bluetooth Places') has decided that the device will use COM10, but Active Sync only searches up to COM9, USB and IR. She did use the USB connection before but due to amount of plugging and unplugging the connections aren't what they were, makes sense to make use of bluetooth, if I can get the blasted thing working.....!!!

Cannot seem to get the COM port changed to something lower than 10 (So AS will see it) or get AS to look at COM10

Any ideas guys?

Thanks

29-07-2005, 21:50	#1
hackedoff Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 23	Using Blueooth with HP IPAQ and HP Laptop Hi Wondred if someone had some advice on this problem... Have a user at work (Director) who has a HP IPAQ and HP NC6000 laptop, both with bluetooth enabled. Laptop is ruuning Windows 2000 SP4. Both devices can see each other and are paired. However when trying to use Active Sync (latest version from web), it cannot find the connection. The problem being that the HP bluetooth software ('My Bluetooth Places') has decided that the device will use COM10, but Active Sync only searches up to COM9, USB and IR. She did use the USB connection before but due to amount of plugging and unplugging the connections aren't what they were, makes sense to make use of bluetooth, if I can get the blasted thing working.....!!! Cannot seem to get the COM port changed to something lower than 10 (So AS will see it) or get AS to look at COM10 Any ideas guys? Thanks