bluetooth (peripheral device) trying to kill my brain

[Marc 77]

Hey guys,

as so many of us I got a message on my computer (Win Vista Premium 64bit) this morning asking me to update "bluetooth periphery device" and in my despeair I downloaded SlimDrivers 2.2 hoping this free program would fix the problem. Well.....it didn't!
Instead:

the bluetooth lamp is now on all the time (FN + FN2 swithches off bluetooth +wireless in one go = really bad as I connect to my internet via wireless)
the bluetooth icon has disappeared from the task bar BUT: bluetooth in the control panel shows me that the box for visibilty in the task bar is checked.
I uninstalled SlimDrivers completely (also from the registery), rebooted countless times. I can no longer connect my phone to my computer via bluetooth, my phone wants me to enter some numeric code all of a sudden (it worked fine yesterday).......

ok, I am completely puzzled and that's hopefully where any of you clever ppl come in... :-)

If I could get the icon back onto the task bar I'd be happy.
What additional info can I provide you with so you might be able to help me?

Anyone?

Thank you loads!

 

[7seaunier8]

What was the last thing you did trying to connect? Did you do anything different if so what was it? When trying to connect what does it display?

 

[wither 3]

If you have one, run a system restore point to before this happened. I don't know what promulgated that message but it sounds like malware (I don't have a blue tooth dongle so I can't swear by that).

You could also select Safely Remove Software from the notification area in the system tray and uninstall the device. Then shutdown and reboot. It should reinstall it.

 

[Vistaar]

Marc 77 posted Jul 13, 2015, and is most likely running Windows 10 by now.

 

[wither 3]

Thanks for that. I blindly responded since 7seaunier8 posted this week.