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Bluetooth problems on laptop

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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hey i have a sony vaio and it has bluetooth built in
now for some wiered reason the bluetooth will not worki have noticed that the light isnt on and i cant get it to work
ive looked at the settings and the laptop will not let me change the visability of it to be visable to all bluetooth devices
can some one tell me how to resolve this please?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Have you checked Device manager?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    by that do you mean cheking in control pannel?
    i have and it will not let me alter anything x
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    smitherzsmitherz Posts: 968 Part of The Mix Family
    Can you do a print screen and show what you mean by not being able to change any settings?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sweet_gal wrote:
    by that do you mean cheking in control pannel?
    i have and it will not let me alter anything x

    Nope, Right click my computer > Properties> Hardware > Device Manager

    and take a print screen of that too
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    can u see the discovery option it doesnt let me tick that box
    i had 2 resize the pic cuz at 1st it was too big to post
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    not with a pic that small were not , host it on another site like imackshack or something alike.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ok heres another pic seen as thats tiny
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Lord lord! Biggers better!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    heres a device manager print screen
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    smitherzsmitherz Posts: 968 Part of The Mix Family
    No a print screen of the bluetooth settings box which should be in your control panel?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    sweet_gal wrote:
    heres a device manager print screen

    Nothing wrong with the device its self then...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    that is what the settings look like for bluetooth in the control panel
    im soo angry with it
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i cant believe you cant turn discovery on , the option DOES look clickable tbh

    Does it let you tick it and give you an error or just not at all.

    I was also expecting a "bluetooth radio's" section in device manager which you seem to not have
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Probably a dumb question, but are you sure there isnt a switch to enable/disable bluetooth? perhaps a bluetooth logo printed onto one of the keys on the keyboard, or a physical switch that you have to push/slide to enable it? Some laptops 'ave em
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    noog wrote:
    Probably a dumb question, but are you sure there isnt a switch to enable/disable bluetooth? perhaps a bluetooth logo printed onto one of the keys on the keyboard, or a physical switch that you have to push/slide to enable it? Some laptops 'ave em


    Good point! sometimes its a function key and then a bluetooth logo or something
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    noog wrote:
    Probably a dumb question, but are you sure there isnt a switch to enable/disable bluetooth? perhaps a bluetooth logo printed onto one of the keys on the keyboard, or a physical switch that you have to push/slide to enable it? Some laptops 'ave em

    Yeah, I have to push a button to turn my wireless network on. Took me hours to figure it out, and since I had no internet access I couldn't even come and ask on here :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    hey yes the switch is on and after i click the box to enable visability it gives me an error
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