[ken830]

Okay... Still working on the Bluetooth issue...

So I messed around with it for a few hours tonight... I know it worked last night when I paired my laptop and my headset. But it didn't work earlier when I tried to pair it with my car...

I dumped the registry, then hard-reset it and dumped the registry again to see if I can see any difference... Couldn't really see anything... Add option is there, and everything looks normal. I try a bunch of stuff to see if it will fail, but it doesn't. So, I proceed to pair it with my laptop. Worked. Then I paired with my headset. Worked... But Wait... The list is blank! Ah-ha! That's it! After the second device is paired, it breaks.. Well, the two devices still work, but you can't add anymore through the UI...

So, I jump in to the registry and delete my headset. Go back to the bluetooth settings interface and I see the list again.. but with just my one device (my laptop). I add the headset again to duplicate the issue once again. This time, I delete the laptop from the registry. Exact same behavior.

So the bottom line -- The bluetooth settings interface can only add two bluetooth devices before it quits on you... But the devices that did pair up still work well...

In fact, I deleted the headset's registry folder (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Device\<Headset 's MAC Address>) and was able to regain the ability to pair with my car. After that was successful, I found that my headset still worked!

If I have time, I'll look into it some more, but it's nearly 5:30 am, so it's almost my bedtime... I just hope this gives someone who's not a WM-noob (like I am) a huge clue as to what's going on...