enable bluetooth le in windows 7

[careycat]

I am looking to enable a Bluetooth LE device in Windows 7. I read of one guy on the Microsoft forums who got his Arc touch Surface mouse to work properly in Windows 7. I am using Intel Centrino N 6235 Bluetooh 4.0 card which states it's LE capable. But Windows 7 won't see my LE device to save my life. In theory it can be done

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-tms/surface-arc-touch-mouse-not-compatible-on-windows/a18dc5c4-02e7-4fd3-8ffb-2d5a9633fa04

But I am not having any luck and Intel won't do email support for this device, oddly.

 

[scout_03]

this mouse should have is own usb wireless dongle connector on the pc and you will find the driver on windows .

 

[careycat]

this mouse should have is own usb wireless dongle connector on the pc and you will find the driver on windows .

The Arc touch standard does but the surface edition is Bluetooth LE, no dongle.

 

[scout_03]

you could try this http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-ca/support/touch-mouse-and-search/touch-mouse on compatibility it return win 8 only .

 

[DDAFTech]

After pairing, to get the Arc BT Touch to work in Windows 7 do the following.

1. Open Devices and Printers
2. Right mouse click on the Arc Touch
3. Select Create Shortcut, which creates it on the desktop
4. Copy or move the shortcut into the Startup folder

This appears to start the LE Bluetooth service needed for the mouse to work.