At times you want to limit the number of devices that can have access to your computer. This
section tells you how to add or delete the number of allowed devices, giving you the option to
specify just how many devices are permitted to connect to your computer at a given time.
Before you begin, select the
Only devices listed below to connect
option from the
Accessibility
tab in the Bluetooth Configuration Panel.
To add a device to the list of devices allowed to connect to your computer:
1. Open the Bluetooth Configuration Panel by right-clicking the
Bluetooth Tray
icon on the Windows system tray. Select
Setup
and then select
Configuration
from the submenu. The Bluetooth
Configuration Panel is displayed.
2. Click
the
Accessibility
tab.
3. Click
the
Add Device
button. The
Devices with access dialog
box
opens.
4. Select the device(s) you want to add and click
OK
.
Note
: Multiple devices can be selected at the same time by holding the SHIFT or
CTRL key down as you select the devices.
To delete a device from the list of devices allowed to connect to your computer:
1. Open the Bluetooth Configuration Panel by right-clicking the
Bluetooth Tray
icon on the Windows system tray. Select
Setup
and then select
Configuration
from the submenu. The Bluetooth
Configuration Panel is displayed.
2. Click
the
Accessibility
tab.
3. In the list of devices allowed to connect, click the name of the
device you want to remove.
4. Click
the
Delete
button.
Discovery Tab
The
Discovery
tab lets you specify whether your computer will do an automatic search for other
Bluetooth devices or not, how often it searches for them, and what type of devices it discovers.
If you prefer to have your computer perform a periodic search for other Bluetooth devices, simply
select the
Look for other Bluetooth devices
option. Make sure you enter the number of minutes
(choose between 1 and 60) as this represents how often you want BTW to search for devices.
Also in this tab, you can specify the devices that you want your computer to report. BTW can
screen out devices that you do not find necessary to access. You can choose between the
following by selecting one from the drop-down list:
Report all Bluetooth devices, OR
Report only selected Bluetooth devices (see the next sections,
Adding specific devices
and
Deleting specific devices
for details.)
You can specify BTW to report only specific devices, specific class(es) of device(s), or specific
type(s) of device(s) within a class. The discovered devices can be mixed-and-matched – you can
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