After Vista upgrade, Bluetooth stopped working

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alp

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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?

Thanks alot!
 

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That appears to be a standard problem when you upgrade and is very hard to fix, the easiest way is to use your upgrade disk to do a clean install. But go to your Dell site first and download all your Vista motherboard drivers
 
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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Build
    CPU
    AM2 Black
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S-Series
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    G/F 9600 GT
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22in LCDX2
    Hard Drives
    to many to list
    PSU
    Home Build
    Case
    God knows
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    yes with Buttons
    Mouse
    yes got one and a Cat
    Internet Speed
    1.5mb
Well, I got my issue fixed!!!! :)

I went to Dell's website. I downloaded whatever drivers sounded like they had something to do with Bluetooth, and now it works!!!!!!


There is only one small difference, though not a big deal. - Obviously, any ideas to fix it are welcome.
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Before I upgraded I would activate Bluetooth by first turning on wireless (Fn+F2), and then the Bluetooth icon would appear in the system tray in a dull color.
I would then right-click the icon, and click turn-on Bluetooth, which would activate Bluetooth and make the icon a bright blue and white.
I could then deactivate Bluetooth (without turning off wireless) by right-clicking the icon, clicking turn-off, and it would deactivate, even though my wireless was still on.
Now after the upgrade, the Bluetooth is completely in sync with my wireless. If I turn on wireless, Bluetooth goes on. And there is no option to right-click the icon to turn it off. The only way to turn it off is by completely turning off my wireless.
This is not a big issue at all. I'm happy it's working. Though I wish it would work exactly as before.
 

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