What does Windows 7 have to do with this thing working? If I have a bt dongle hooked to my USB and pair with the receiver; Why would Win 7 care?
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It works great with Windows 7, I use that same setup with two computers and the Bluetooth receiver, no issues.
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Good question. I did not expect the problem I had encountered as well, but theoretically everything on your computer needs a "driver" to work properly. For some devices (the USB BT adapter in our case, not the BT audio adapter), Windows use preloaded drivers to access them so that they seem to be "plug & play." In very rare case that the hardware has more functions than the preloaded driver can provide, problems might happen. Normally Windows gives warnings or "unrecognized device" messages and let the user install or update the driver, but in my case it seemed Windows used a deprecated driver. My USB BT adapter works fine with many of my BT devices but it just could not initialize connections to the BT audio adapter. To sum up, the problem is the deprecated driver for the USB BT adapter. The problem has nothing to do with the BT audio adapter and Windows 7. Only the driver of the USB BT adapter matters. For most Windows 7 machines they use appropriate drivers and they will be fine. My review just serves as a reference that if someone encounter the same connection problem they can update the driver themselves to solve the issue.
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For my HP I had to download the driver "sp44774", just google it and install it. After it installed it paired really easily.
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it's going to need a driver for win8.0 or 8.1, otherwise any devices u plug in won't be recognized until after windows completes boot process. for example, kb and mouse are checked during post process which is before windows loads.Win 7 comes with the correct driver, so I would believe ver 8 and 8.1 do also. But, you haven't anything to lose....buy it and if you are unhappy, return it. I did that to get a usb3 external ports...good luck
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The USB drivers appear to work in windows 7 fine. Audio is sent to the USB port as digital and the headset converts it to analog. I do not have windows 8, but would assume the USB drivers would not have been removed in the newer release.
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It didn't work on my Windows 8.1 device when first connected, but after restarting with the dongle connected it started to work. Worked on my Windows 7 device immediately.
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It more about the OS than the computer itself. I know it works with Windows 7. I have only used it with a USB cable, not the WiFi.
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I would avoid, it uses a proprietary chip set so it needs drivers. I would use another generic dongle I think there is one from Mono. I can check my order history and let you know.
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What operating system are you using? Mine was plug-n-play with Windows 7 Ultimate. I'd want to have the dongle plugged in before I turned the mouse on. In my case, it spent a few seconds doing something then said "new hardware recognized" and I was good to go. Anker site doesn't show any downloadable driver for this device; I suspect it's stored IN the device and transmitted over the USB connection once it's established.
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Don't have first hand knowledge about Windows 7 BT, just using Android and that works great. You may wish to look at this:http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/50787-no-bluetooth-devices-found.html. In the mean time, directly hook them up with 3.5mm connection.
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This is on thing I've been having trouble with myself. I have the receiver connected to my home theater system and wanted to play audio from my laptop. I can connect to the receiver with my laptop's Bluetooth, but I haven't been able to get Windows to play sound through It as it doesn't show in audio devices. . I'm using Windows 7 and haven't been able to find any software in the hour I spent searching about it.
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No, this dongle is purely for audio. It enumerates over USB as an audio device rather than as a Bluetooth device; the dongle contains all of the Bluetooth functionality inside (a.k.a. "full-stack") so that the BT part is basically invisible to the host.
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Do you have a usb port on your system? This is how the bt receiver gets it power. .. I used my cable box receiver to plug usb and worked fine. . Hope this helps
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I use this on Windows 7, and it did need to get some updated drivers from Microsoft but worked basically once I plugged it in. I have had problems with some worn usb sockets on my work pc, and it worked once I used an USB extension cable.
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I haven't done it myself, but it should work fine. I have one of these. Once installed, the device appears to Windows 7 as a serial port device. If you install two of them, they will appear as two separate serial ports.You just need to make sure to wire them up appropriately.
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don't worry. it works fine!! my hub delievered today and tried just a few min. ago. works great with Windows 7 and is very compact. love it!
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I had this exact problem with other BT headsets in the past. If deleting & re-pairing doesn't work, try installing a different bluetooth (drivers) stack -- usb adapters usually load windows standard drivers, but there are better ones out there. I had luck with WidComm also BlueSoleil drivers (which can simultaneously connect with your cell & pc. you can then take calls & dial out cell calls thru your pc -- great for recording etc) Anyways, most of these are readily available if you google & often available on manufacturer websites (hp, lenovo, etc) Got mine workin Good luck with yours I am using my original halos with a cheapo 2.0 BT usb adapter I got for $1 w/free shipping too !!
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It doesn't require any drivers, or at least any that you personally have to install or download. It connects via Bluetooth and you just need to have Windows search for Bluetooth devices. It was a piece of cake.
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Yes, BT works fine, is the only function that works, the rest of the system is garbage... don't buy it. Spend a few bucks more but get something good. My system broke down after 6 months. No spare parts, in summary... stay away from Boss.