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Old 07-16-2008   #7 (permalink)
John


 
 

Re: After Vista upgrade, Bluetooth stopped working

Try uninstalling the bluetooth network device in Device Manager. Then reboot
and see if Vista discovers new hardware and let Vista find the driver it
likes.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "alp" <alp.3cmckk@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with built-in Bluetooth.
>> My Bluetooth always worked fine, untill I did a Vista upgrade.
>> After fixing the usual problems that people expirience after the
>> upgrade (sound stops working, issues with automatic downloads, etc.) I
>> now realize that I can not get my Bluetooth to work.
>>
>> It is still built-in to my computer.
>> Yet, I don't have the icon in my system tray to activate, nor does it
>> show up in Control panel.
>> When I right-click a file to "send to", there is an option "Bluetooth
>> File Transfer Wizard" instead of the regular Bluetooth icon.
>> When I click "Bluetooth File Transfer Wizard", I get a message
>> "fsquirt.exe can not be found".
>>
>> How can I get my Bluetooth working again?
>>
>>
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> Use System Restore to recover a point before you did the upgrade.

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