The Found New Hardware Wizard searches for appropriate drivers on the local hard disk drive, and on Windows Update. The local radio issues an SDP inquiry to identify the services supported on the remote device. This may or may not involve a PIN exchange. Select Add a Bluetooth device in Control Panel to find all devices within range of the computer. Installing a client-side profile driverĪ user that wants to use a Bluetooth-enabled device will bring the device within range of the computer and initiate a connection from the computer to the remote device using the following installation sequence for a client-side profile driver. These two installation types require different installation procedures. For example, a vendor could author a server-side installation to enable a mobile device to print to a printer attached to the computer. Server-side installation where the computer advertises services and remote devices can connect to the computer to use those services. Examples include: mice, keyboards, and printers.
There are two installation types for Bluetooth profile drivers:Ĭlient-side installation for remote devices where the remote device advertises its services and the computer connects to it. If you are a customer experiencing Bluetooth device installation issues see Pair a Bluetooth device in Windows
