In my Device Manager I don't have anything that specifically mentions
Bluetooth, but under "Mouse" I have my BT Intellimouse listed and working.
My wireless Keyboard is not listed. The keyboard requires that a passcode be
shared for it to work correctly and without the "bluetooth devices" icon
available there is no where to configure the keyboard or any other BT device
in Vista.

"R. C. White" wrote:

> Hi, Chad.
>
> My Bluetooth is not shown in the "parent" Control Panel, but in Control
> Panel | Device Manager. Have you looked there?
>
> There is no Bluetooth icon in my Notification Area at the moment, maybe
> because my Bluetooth headphones seem to be broken. :>(
>
> I gave away my Microsoft-branded Bluetooth desktop set (mouse and keyboard)
> because I dual-boot; there was no way to choose between WinXP and Vista from
> the opening menu because Bluetooth devices didn't work until after Windows
> had started and loaded its drivers. :>(
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "Chad" <Chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BE3D7F9E-433E-4D15-B142-721C8056B3D8@microsoft.com...
> > Any ideas what is causing this? I have the exact same problem Vista
> > Ultimate
> > with no Bluetooth Devices listed in the Control Panel. I have a BT mouse
> > working fine, but the BT keyboard I'm trying to install won't work until
> > with
> > the Bluetooth Devices app. Why is this so hard, these are all MSFT
> > products?
> >
> > "lordstanleyiscominghome@gmail.com" wrote:
> >
> >> I have the exact same issue... my bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse is working
> >> but in the control panel no Bluetooth hardware exists and there is no
> >> bluetooth icon in the systray like XP.
> >>
> >> If I run the bluetooth application from the start menu (bttray.exe) it
> >> does absolutely nothing so i'm not able to sync my bluetooth phone or
> >> have it discover any other devices.
>