Re: Bluetooth on WinXP not working for Activesync

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From: Mauricio Freitas [MVP] (dr.emailposter_at_nowhere.invalid)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:25:38 +1300

To make things easier make you have only ONE incoming port.

Also, make sure the XP SP2 firewall is disabled or allowing traffic for
ActiveSync and for Bluetooth. 

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"Helio Diamant - MS/MVP, Mobile Devices" <helio@nospam.pocketpcfreak.com> 
wrote in message news:OpJvckMvEHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> If you have set COM8 for incoming you should have Activesync's connection
> settings set for COM8 as well. Did you do that?
>
>
> -- 
> Helio Diamant - MS/MVP Mobile Devices
> http://www.pocketpcfreak.com
>
>
> "Achílléez" <no@spam.please> wrote in message
> news:u0Fs0KHvEHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> I have windows xp sp2 installed and I have the sp2 bluetooth driver
> working
>> fabulously. It works with my phone for dialup, it works with my bt mouse.
> IT
>> does not however work with my pda. I'm trying to setup a com port as
>> incoming.
>> I have setup erased, resetup erased several times the connections
> available.
>> I have set up com port 9 and com port 8 as incoming. If I open bluetooth
>> settings Com8 and Com9 are listed as Incoming, the names are empty 
>> though.
>> When I try to use my pda to look for services available on my laptop, no
>> services list...
>>  Anyone know how to fix this?
>>   Thank you so much
>>
>>
>
>

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