Bluetooth headphones in windows xp

i have recently bought a nokia 5200 that came with a set of bluetooth headphones, i was wondering if they could be connected somehow to my computer, to listen through them i supose its possible because windows comes with a bluetooth file transfer utility but it doesent let me connect them for this purpose
is there an utility a driver or something i can do ?

No you can't. The profiles of blue tooth head set does not have the profiles for use in PC/Laptops. The are blue tooth head sets that is specifically for PC/Laptop use.
I've just cross my fingers that some manufacturers will come up with such thing that could works on both device flawlessly.
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