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post #21 of 266
1/30/06 at 3:15pm
FYI for Bell bluetooth module problems: Mine stopped working one day out of the blue [no pun], didn't show up in hardware manager, even the little bluetooth LED indicator was off.

Thought the BT module was dead but turns out it was deactivated in the BIOS!! How did it get deactivated...who knows? Dell tech who helped me said the comp MAY have noticed a problem/ conflict and turned it off. Very strange.

To check or reactivate: at the very bottom of the BIOS menu you'll see the generically labeled "Wireless Device" option; select and hit enter. Select "Enable", save and exit. If "enable" is selected and the BT module still doesn't work then I'd suspect a dead module.
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post #22 of 266
2/1/06 at 4:04am
Is there a way to get the MX1000 BT mouse without buying the MX5000? I don't need the keyboard!

Also, how's the battery life on the BT MX1000 vs the non-BT MX1000? I kind of want one!
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post #23 of 266
2/1/06 at 11:22am
Nope its only available with the MX5000 package with the keyboard at this time unfortunately.
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post #24 of 266
2/1/06 at 12:37pm
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Originally Posted by Adrenolin
Nope its only available with the MX5000 package with the keyboard at this time unfortunately.

And the battery life compared to the non-BT MX1000?

I'm really interested in picking this mouse up still... Could I give the keyboard to a friend of mine or do you need to keep bits for the mouse to work?

Thanks in advance for answering these questions. Your response will decide my purchase!
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post #25 of 266
2/1/06 at 1:08pm
I have the MX5000 combo. Battery life on the mouse is good I think. I put the mouse on the charger about once a week. If you are just using the mouse you can give your friend the keyboard and BT dongle. The charger is a stand alone item. I game with the mouse all the time and it works great for me. I am using the widcomm drivers. If you are just going to use the mouse you may not even need to load those drivers, just use the driver in windows xp I think it will work. I know the stock Dell drivers will run the mouse.

Brandon
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post #26 of 266
2/1/06 at 2:37pm
Thank you! So you don't need the dongle to even install the mouse the first time?
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post #27 of 266
2/1/06 at 5:29pm
You only need to have the dongle and install the widcomm drivers and the logitech drivers if you want to customise the buttons on the mouse (Which is really useful in online gaming). Otherwise it will work without these.
But I am not sure if the mouse will be working at 800dpi if you don't install the logitech drivers. It might only work at 400dpi. Cause I noticed that it became faster and more accurate after I installed the logitech drivers. I also noticed the same thing with my previous mouse, razer diamondback.
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post #28 of 266
2/1/06 at 8:10pm
The keyboard delay is quite annoying. I make enough mistakes typing and don't need any help from a keyboard going into/out of standby.

I don't have my MX5000 with me right now to test it out on, but if you adjust the delay timing on your keyboard to be slower, that lessens the problem. If I remember correctly, it was a good improvement, but not a total fix.

Control Panel -> Keyboard -> Repeat Delay
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post #29 of 266
2/1/06 at 8:40pm
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Originally Posted by KAROLOYDI
You only need to have the dongle and install the widcomm drivers and the logitech drivers if you want to customise the buttons on the mouse (Which is really useful in online gaming). Otherwise it will work without these.
But I am not sure if the mouse will be working at 800dpi if you don't install the logitech drivers. It might only work at 400dpi. Cause I noticed that it became faster and more accurate after I installed the logitech drivers. I also noticed the same thing with my previous mouse, razer diamondback.

Yeah, I want to have customizable buttons. I'm worried that I'll be disappointed with the mouse in a few areas. First, I worry about paying so much and only using the mouse and not the keyboard, and also I worry that the "lag" from BT will be greater than my current MX1000. I think I'll pick it up though from Best Buy and see how it goes. I can always return it if it blows.
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post #30 of 266
2/1/06 at 9:22pm
Grrr...every time I uninstall the BT card to install the Widcomm, when I reboot prior to Widcomm install, it just installs the card by itself. Any ideas have to get around this?
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post #31 of 266
2/1/06 at 9:55pm
So, you are trying to install widcomm, but the windows drivers are installed automatically?
Did you do this?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;889814
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post #32 of 266
2/1/06 at 11:25pm
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Originally Posted by KAROLOYDI
So, you are trying to install widcomm, but the windows drivers are installed automatically?
Did you do this?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;889814
Yep, installed automatically. Then I try installing the Widcomm drivers and they install, but I can't disable bluetooth at all afterwards. There's no option to "disable bluetooth" so it's on all the time now. Grr!
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post #33 of 266
2/1/06 at 11:47pm
What a waste of time. You can't customize the buttons on the mouse without the USB dongle. What a waste of time! From reading your first post, it gave me the impression you could customize all the buttons without the dongle. I'm going back to my regular MX1000.
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post #34 of 266
2/1/06 at 11:52pm
You only need the dongle during the installation. After the installation you can use the Truemobile. And all the extra features will be functional.
About your problem with the drivers. Did you rename the files in the inf folder?
Also, you can disable bluetooth from the bios if you want.
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post #35 of 266
2/2/06 at 12:23am
I realize. When I was using the dongle I could access the extra mouse buttons no problem. As soon as I switched to use the built in BT, I lost access to customizing the mouse buttons. You keep mentioning this "Truemobile." I don't know what you're talking about. Also, I did rename the files in the INF folder, and I'm reverting back to the Dell BT drivers, since they worked just fine and I could actually disable BT when I'm not using it!
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post #36 of 266
2/4/06 at 3:49am
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Originally Posted by KAROLOYDI
10.HOW TO REMOVE THE ANNOYING "MY BLUETOOTH PLACES" ICON FROM THE DESKTOP AND "MY COMPUTER" THAT DON'T WANT TO GO AWAY!
Open up the registry editor (Start> Run> regedit). Browse to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\Name Space\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}
Delete it. If you are paranoid, choose to export it first (right-click> export), so you can add it back later if you need to.
Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
I can live with the toshiba drivers, but I hate the desktop icon it keeps creating. Can I just do this step by itself to remove the desktop icon and my computer icon's? Every time I boot into windows, MS Antispyware informs me the tsbtshell.dll file is installing, or loading, or something...

Edit: I can't actually find the {6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb} namespace, there's 4 there, but not that particular one.

Thanks.
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post #37 of 266
2/4/06 at 12:27pm
To determine which key you need to select, click on each of the NameSpace keys to display its description in the window on the right.
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post #38 of 266
2/5/06 at 3:30am
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Originally Posted by V.B.
To determine which key you need to select, click on each of the NameSpace keys to display its description in the window on the right.
Hi V.B. What should I be looking for in the descriptions?
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post #39 of 266
2/5/06 at 8:52am
I'm going to buy a refurb mx900, seller allow me not to buy BT hub.

Could you please install this mod: uberOption, then verify whether setpoint allow to change buttons setting without logitech hub ?

Thank you

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post #40 of 266
2/5/06 at 2:25pm
Awesome guide! I can finally install the Logitech software for my v270.
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