Locking the operating system is surely not the most secure way of making sure that no unauthorized users access the computer system. But it is still better than leaving the computer system unlocked. The option to lock the computer automatically after a time of inactivity makes this a very handy solution. Users who want to [...]
Bluetooth Driver Installer bth.inf Patcher
Some computer users have been experiencing massive problems in the past when trying to connect their Bluetooth devices to the Windows operating system. One common problem is driver related. It happens that the driver of the Bluetooth adapter is not able to recognize the Bluetooth device that the user wants to connect to the computer [...]
Display All Detected Bluetooth Devices
All recent Microsoft operating systems (that is Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7) come with Bluetooth support provided they are equipped with a Bluetooth Dongle or other hardware device that is used to detect and connect the Bluetooth devices in the proximity of the computer system.
Bluetooth CL has been designed to provide a quick [...]
- Author: Orrett Morgan
- Published: Jul 13th, 2009
- Comments: 10
Google Needs Standards Too
After taking a look at the latest set of devices and gadgets to make it to the market, one thing is becoming clear. We are in desperate need of some gadget standards. You know the type of standards we currently have for automobiles, such as every car uses between 12” and 20” tires. All have [...]
Bluetooth Devices Scanner
Bluetooth View is a portable software program by one of our favorite software developers Nirsoft. It is a lightweight software program running in the background of a computer system that monitors the activity of Bluetooth devices in the vicinity. It will display various information about each detected device and can notify the current user [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Apr 29th, 2009
- Comments: 7
Use your computer as a phone for free
I recently discovered a really cool feature in Vista (I think it isn’t available quite so readily in XP), which allows you to transform your computer into a phone really easily. Of course you’ll need a bluetooth capable mobile, and a bluetooth capable computer (or an adapter), but once you hook the two together you [...]
Turn Your Mobile Phone Into A PC Remote Control
MobileWitch Remote Control turns your mobile phone into a remote control that can control various applications on your PC. The software does have a few limitations and requirements though. Both the PC and mobile phone have to support Bluetooth which is being used to send and receive the data. The user installs a server on [...]
Use your Wiimote in Windows
I bought a Nintendo Wii when it came out. As you might know you do not use gamepads to play the games but the so called Wiimote which looks very much like a tv remote control and uses bluetooth to communicate with the core system. Carl Kenner developed the software Glove Pie which can be used to control games and applications with gestures, speech and other input devices.