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BLUETOOTH SERVICE
Common Configuration Settings
These properties can be set individually for each Bluetooth service:
 Service Name -- the default name of each service can be changed.
 Secure Connection -- requires that remote devices provide proof of
identity and that all data be encrypted.
 Startup Automatically -- starts the service automatically when
Bluetooth is started.
 Notifications -- provides visual and/or audio notification that a remote
device is attempting to connect (or has connected) to a service on this
computer.
Notifications Service
Overview
There are three types of notification:
 Authentication request, also called a PIN code request -- this
notification appears automatically in a balloon over the System tray if a
Personal Identification Code is required before a connection can
proceed. An audio file can also be associated with the notification.
 Authorization request, also called a connection request -- this type of
notification can be visual, audio, or both. It notifies you of attempts to
access a Bluetooth service on this computer. The connection will not
proceed until you click the balloon that appears over the System tray. If
the notification balloon is ignored, the connection request will time out
and fail.
 Notification only -- this type of notification does not affect access in
any way. Its sole purpose is to alert the user that a connection has been
established.
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Example
Both Authentication and Authorization request notifications are dependent on
whether Secure Connection is enabled for an individual service.
An example of how notifications might work when a remote device attempts
to access a service on this computer, if all notifications are enabled:
1. Authentication: a balloon notification (audio optional) appears to prompt
for a PIN code. If the PIN code does not match the code entered on the
remote device, the connection will not be allowed. Once the remote
device has been authenticated this notification will not appear again,
unless you unpair the devices
2. Authorization: a balloon notification appears and/or a sound file provides
audio notification that a remote device is attempting to access a
Bluetooth service on this computer. Click the balloon to proceed. A
dialog box appears that offers the option of letting the connection
proceed this time only or to always allow this particular remote device to
use the service it is attempting to access.
3. Once a connection has been authorized, an additional visual and/or audio
notification may appear (if enabled). The purpose of the notification is to
alert the user that a connection has been established.
After the two devices are paired (step 1, above), the authentication
notification will no longer appear when a connection is attempted.
If “Always allow…” is enabled during the authorization process (step 2,
above), the authorization notification will not appear in future connection
attempts.
Connection notification (step 3, above) only happens if it has been enabled
on the Notifications tab of the individual service being accessed.