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# shows you your Bluetooth port's MAC address > # on Windows 7, "services" above is lowercased. > # if there is no CurrentControlSet, then try ControlSet001 Run these commands in that console: > cd CurrentControlSet\Services\BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys Mount your Windows system drive in read-write modeĬd //Windows/System32/config Use chntpw from your Linux distro (easier). Start in a terminal then:

You should see a few keys labels with the MAC addresses - write down the MAC address associated with the unique identifier you copied before.

If there is no CurrentControlSet, try ControlSet001.

Navigate to find the keys at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys.

cd into the folder where you unzipped your download.

(Click the Start menu, search for cmd, then right-click the CMD and click "Run as Administrator".)

Unzip the zip you downloaded and open a cmd window with elevated privileges.

Go to "Device & Printers" in Control Panel and go to your Bluetooth device's properties. Then, in the Bluetooth section, you can find the unique identifier. Copy that (you will need it later).

You need psexec as normal regedit doesn't have enough permissions to show this values. Use psexec -s -i regedit.exe from Windows (harder).

Copy your Windows pairing keys in one of two ways:.

Then we'll go back into our Linux system and copy the Windows-generated pairing key(s) into our Linux system.

Using the instructions below, we'll first pair your Bluetooth devices with Ubuntu/Linux Mint, and then we'll pair Windows. I haven't investigated myself, but this may help Dual Boot Bluetooth LE (low energy) device pairing How to fix Windows overwrites the Linux key and vice versa.īluetooth LE Devices: These may pair differently. Thus, when you re-pair the device in Windows or Linux and it generates a new key, that key overwrites the previously stored key on the Bluetooth device. This usually works fine, but the MAC address for your Bluetooth port will be the same on both Linux and Windows (it is set on the hardware level). Second, your Bluetooth device stores your computer's MAC address and the matching key. First, your computer stores the Bluetooth device's MAC address and pairing key. Basically, when you pair your device, your Bluetooth service generates a unique set of pairing keys.