Manage Bluetooth in Windows 8.1 stuck at searching

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2014-07
  • Tony_Henrich

    My Bluetooth controller is enabled in BIOS. I am trying to add a bluetooth device in Windows 8.1. When I go to PC and devices -> Bluetooth, the screen is stuck at searching for a bluetooth device. Also the On/Off switch like here is not showing. I get this:

    Any ideas?

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    I have a USB Bluetooth radio to connect my jawbone headset to my computer. I'm currently using the Toshiba Stack on Windows 8 Professional and it works fine. I want to disable the popups that appear every time I connect my headset. It states that the device is not the default communication device. Even if it is the default communication device, it still does this.

    It's frustrating because it will minimize the game I'm playing when I connect the headset.

    Any help would be appreciated. Otherwise, is there a better bluetooth stack for Windows that automatically connects headsets when they are turned on? The Windows bluetooth stack is out of the question--it's garbage. I've also tried WIDCOMM and I always get loud popping sounds in my mic that my friends can hear during chat.

    Does anyone know how to stop these popups from appearing automatically every time? Or can someone recommend a bluetooth dongle that works well with headsets?

    EDIT: I should have worded it better. I'm not referring to a tray balloon. The software actually loads up the Window's Audio Settings control panel, because it thinks you want to set your headset to the default playback device. I do not want to do that because I have the sound come out of my speakers and mumble come out of the headset.

    I've googled a lot and haven't found anything. Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks, T


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  • WikiWitz

    Google is your bestfriend. He told me I (and you) should check this out: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-all-notification-balloons-in-windows-vista/
    Actually, you need not do a registry hack. It's as simple as right-clicking the system tray and disabling all notifications from the programs on the system tray.