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Note

The ancient Add Hardware Wizard has been put on an ice floe and sent out to sea. It’s for very
old, pre–Plug-and-Play gadgets (what Microsoft calls “legacy hardware”) that Windows doesn’t
autorecognize when you plug them in. For details, see the free PDF appendix to this chapter called
“Add Hardware Wizard.” It’s on this book’s “Missing CD” at missingmanuals.com.

Bluetooth Gadgets

Bluetooth is a short-range, low-power, wireless cable-elimination

technology. It’s designed to connect gadgets in pairings that make sense,
like cellphone+earpiece, PC+wireless mouse, phone+portable speaker, or
PC+cellphone.

Now, you wouldn’t want the guy in the next cubicle to be able to operate
your PC using his Bluetooth keyboard. So the first step in any Bluetooth
relationship is pairing, or formally introducing the two gadgets that will be

communicating. Figure 14-1 shows how that goes.

To pair two gadgets, open → → Devices. Make sure Bluetooth is On.
(The only reason to turn it off is to save a tiny bit of battery power.) Select

“Add Bluetooth or other device,” and then Bluetooth.

The PC automatically starts searching for nearby Bluetooth gadgets within
range (see Figure 14-1)—nearby mice, keyboards, cellphones, and so on.

Usually, it finds the one you’re trying to pair. Just click the one you want,
and then click Pair.

When it’s all over, the new gadget is listed in the panel, in the list of

Bluetooth stuff you’ve previously introduced to this computer. (You can
click it and then click “Remove device” to get rid of the pairing, when that
day comes.)