Vista - Re: Bluetooth has stopped working!

09-24-2009

"Simon" <hancock_simon@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> I've started to get some problems with bluetooth on my Dell Vostro
> laptop (running Vista Home Premium). Up until about 3 weeks ago my
> bluetooth mouse was working fine and I was able to connect to my phone
> via bluetooth. One day, the mouse stopped working and I wasn't able to
> reconnect through all the normal procedures. I initially thought it
> might be the mouse, so I got hold of another bluetooth mouse that is
> fine with my office XP computer. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled
> all the bluetooth software and drivers from the Dell website, but no
> success. There is no reaction from the laptop when I switch the mouse
> and click the little button to start discovery. When I try to initiate
> a connection from my phone, a message pops up on the laptop saying 'a
> device is trying to connect, please click on this message'. I click on
> the message, but nothing happens. Has anyone got any ideas as to what
> the problem might be?
>
> Also, I tried a Linux Live CD in the laptop and, with this, I was able
> to detect and use the bluetooth mouse perfectly, so it's not a
> hardware issue.
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon

When you have communication problems with bluetooth devices, delete the
connection pairing that is having a problem.

Reestablish connection by creating a new pairing between the devices.

09-24-2009	#1 (permalink)
Tae Song n/a posts	Re: Bluetooth has stopped working! "Simon" <hancock_simon@newsgroup> wrote in message news:132af3d1-b583-437b-908b-f40307b68a17@newsgroup Quote: > I've started to get some problems with bluetooth on my Dell Vostro > laptop (running Vista Home Premium). Up until about 3 weeks ago my > bluetooth mouse was working fine and I was able to connect to my phone > via bluetooth. One day, the mouse stopped working and I wasn't able to > reconnect through all the normal procedures. I initially thought it > might be the mouse, so I got hold of another bluetooth mouse that is > fine with my office XP computer. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled > all the bluetooth software and drivers from the Dell website, but no > success. There is no reaction from the laptop when I switch the mouse > and click the little button to start discovery. When I try to initiate > a connection from my phone, a message pops up on the laptop saying 'a > device is trying to connect, please click on this message'. I click on > the message, but nothing happens. Has anyone got any ideas as to what > the problem might be? > > Also, I tried a Linux Live CD in the laptop and, with this, I was able > to detect and use the bluetooth mouse perfectly, so it's not a > hardware issue. > > Thanks > > Simon When you have communication problems with bluetooth devices, delete the connection pairing that is having a problem. Reestablish connection by creating a new pairing between the devices.
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