How to connect Bluetooth adapter to Windows 10 computer?

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April 6, 2017

In this article, we will talk about how to correctly connect and configure the Bluetooth adapter to a computer with Windows 10.

Quite often on the Internet, you can find questions about the connection Bluetooth on the computer. The point is that a simple keyboard does not have a built -in wireless activation key. Therefore, it will have to turn it on in another way.

It is worth saying that in ordinary computers Bluetooth So far they are not built. How to make it then? The answer is simple - to purchase separately. Such devices are internal and external.

External Bluetooth adapter

External Bluetooth adapter

In the first case, the connection is carried out directly to the motherboard, and in the second - in USB port computer. The last option is simpler because there is no need to open the system unit.

How to connect Bluetooth to Windows 10?

With the connection itself Bluetooth adapter should not be. If you have a simple USB adapter, then you just need to connect it to the corresponding connector. If you purchased an internal adapter, then you need to open your system unit and stick the module in the motherboard. As a rule, it is in the back of the case. After that, the computer can be launched.

When your operating system starts, it will immediately report that a new device was found. Insert the disk into the disc that should be attached to the adapter and install the drivers.

That's all! This is where the process of connecting the Bluetooth adapter is completed. Now it remains to activate the device and set up.

How to activate Bluetooth on a computer?

Turn on Bluetooth on the PC you can two ways ::

  1. Through the dispatcher of the devices
  2. Through the settings of the adapter itself
  • To enter the task dispatcher, use keys Start+r
  • Enter the command in the new window dEVMGMT.MSC
Launching the device manager

Launching the device manager

  • Click Enter
  • You will open the desired tool
  • Find in the list of sections "Network adapters" And expand it
Network adapters

Network adapters

  • Select your adapter with the right mouse button and click on "Inclusion" or "Disconnect"
Activation and shutdown of the device

Activation and shutdown of the device

  • For activation Bluetooth In the settings of the device, find among the icons near the clock from the bottom right the corresponding icon
Icon in the system tray

Icon in the system tray

  • If you click on it with the right mouse key, you will open you will see several points, among which you need to select the appropriate action
    For example, if you need to turn on the adapter, then select a line with that name

How to add a new device?

Before you transfer files from any device to a PC, you need to connect them. How to do this?

  • Open the adapter settings with the right mouse button
The parameters of the device

The parameters of the device

  • Put a mark opposite "Allow to discover this computer"
Detection of detection

Detection of detection

  • Find an additional section "Joint use" and put a check from the opposite "Resolution of sending and receiving files"
Selecting files for saving files

Selecting files for saving files

  • Now activate detection on your device, which you want to connect to the computer
  • Press the adapter icon with the right mouse button and select "Adding a device"
Adding a new device

Adding a new device

  • The system will independently find all the devices located nearby and give the list
Choosing a device for connecting

Choosing a device for connecting

  • Select the device you need and go through "Further"
  • Now perform tips on the screen

That's all! The device is added!

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