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elimoon8
2009-10-08 , 03:47
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This is pretty cool!
Here is how I got it to work with Windows Vista:
1. Go to the garage page and download & install mSideShow from the .deb.
2. Pair your N810 with your bluetooth-enabled computer (note: Do *not* have mSideShow running yet). Skip this step if you already have your tablet paired with your laptop and bluetooth on.
For some reason, (probably because this isn't a finished version) there is a little bug in which mSideShow doesn't let anything come "above" the program. Even hitting the "switch" applications button has no effect. I'm mentioning this fact because if you pair with your laptop, and allow it to set the pairing code, you can't enter the pairing code on the tablet because the pairing box is hidden below mSideShow. For this reason, it is better to pair before you open mSideShow.
3. Run mSideShow from under the "Extras" category on your tablet (this is the default category some programs are placed in).
4. Go to Start>Control Panel and set your Control Panel to "Classic View". (This option can be found on the bar on the left hand side of the Control Panel window).
5. Open "Bluetooth Devices".
6. Find your tablet (named whatever you named it, eg.: my cool N810), and right click>properties.
7. Go to the "Services" tab on the window that pops up.
8. Make sure you are connected to the internet.
9. Check the "SideShow" service and click OK to apply settings/close window.
Note: Windows now finds and installs the drivers for the SideShow service. For my computer, it connected to Windows Update to find the drivers, download them, and install them. For this reason, you should be connected to the internet so that Windows can find the driver. On my laptop it took about 5 minutes to find/download/install the driver.
10. When the device is ready to use, go to Start>Control Panel>"Classic View" (if it switched back to the "Control Panel Home" view)>Windows SideShow.
11. Check the boxes for the SideShow gadgets you would like to see on your tablet. If this step fails (a connected device cannot be seen and you can't see any check boxes), see the note below.
Note: After I installed the SideShow driver (right after step 9), I had to turn off my laptop bluetooth, turn it back on, and retry steps 10 and 11 (until I turned my bluetooth off/back on, nothing showed up for the SideShow devices). While I am assuming this was some sort of random error with my laptop's bluetooth, I'm mentioning this as a side note, so anyone else with the same problem can try restarting bluetooth and seeing if it works.
Features I would love to see when mSideShow approaches beta/final versions:
- ability to switch from mSideShow back to the hildon desktop or other programs
- a working "exit" button for mSideShow (For some reason, the exit button did not work on my tablet. I'm not quite sure why, but I ended up restarting my tablet every time I wanted to exit mSideShow)
Again, this is an excellent application, and I would love to see development continue!
If anyone notices that I have made an error with my instructions, or would like anything added (issues you experienced and your solutions), please just let me know!
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