Recently I bought a Bluetooth mouse and now I have troubles with connecting it to my Windows 7 32bit. I have tried Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> Add Device
but no device was found. I also tried Add Bluetooth Device
button but with the same effect.
First, it perfectly connected and worked on Ubuntu 14 so everything is fine with hardware. I can see Bluetooth module in device manager (along with Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator) without exclamation mark so I think drivers are fine. My Bluetooth support service is enabled and working. I've pressed turn on Bluetooth
button on my laptop. I've ticked allow Bluetooth devices to connect
in Bluetooth options. I also tried to set system account on LOG tab of Bluetooth support service properties – no effect.
Then I pressed disable adapter
in Bluetooth settings and somehow it found all my Bluetooth devices I don't know what happened, but my mouse worked for a short period. Then my PC told me that it needs to reboot. After reboooting the mouse didn't work. Again. I opened Bluetooth devices
I tried to remove and add mouse again but it said that it failed to install Bluetooth HID device driver
. But at least it saw my Bluetooth devices in that moment. Then I decided to update the Bluetooth drivers, rebooted and now I see nothing. Again.
I've reinstalled drivers but it hasn't helped.
Best Answer
If you check the Microsoft Designer Bluetooth mouse's specification, you will notice that it does not work with Windows 7. It works with Windows 8, 8.1 & 10. Guess they want you to upgrade.
The Microsoft Bluetooth Sculpt Comfort Mouse works with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, & 10 and fits my hand nice.