Problems connecting to Windows 7 desktop

Hi Gordon,
I am keen to avoid using a phone but that does look like a neat solution.
Setting those environment variables in a CMD prompt did not change anything.
I noticed a slight discrepancy
you quoted BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_USB_PID=0x21e8 but Zadig shows a slightly different address so I also tried PID=0x21e6 both as an environment variable and in USB.js. But still no joy.
Two qns: does your IDE report back if no compatible adaptors are found like node-Bluetooth-hci-socket code does?

79 if (!this._usbDevice) { 80 throw new Error('No compatible
USB Bluetooth 4.0 device found!'); 81 }

Are you aware of any Live CDs that are likely to work with BLE with minimal config? I figure this might help prove the capabilities of the device.
James