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    How do I completely remove Bluetooth drivers from my system?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Silas Awaketh, Mar 15, 2009.

  1. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Hello!

    I was trying to re-install the Bluetooth drivers (R140135) on my system (configuration in my signature), and hence I removed all the Bluetooth related devices in the Device Manager. But now when I try to install the drivers, I get this message -

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    "Please uninstall current Bluetooth installation before continuing"
    I have tried to remove it from where ever I could find it, I renamed the default Windows Vista drivers so that they are not loaded. There is no mention of Bluetooth anywhere now, but the DELL driver file still gives me that error! :confused:

    How can I install the drivers now? How do I completely remove the previous installation?

    Thanks!
     
  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Did you restart your laptop after uninstalling your previous driver?
     
  3. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Yes, I did.

    It's installing now though. I did all I could from the back of my head, removing this, cleaning that, un-installing this, manually deleting that, but I forgot the most basic of places, Programs and Features! :rolleyes: Once I un-installed it through there, everything was back to normal.

    NOT.

    I'm getting this now -

    I have the Bluetooth on via that switch, and I've tried pressing Fn+F2 as well, to no avail. Let me check if there's a solution on the Internet.
     
  4. Silas Awaketh

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    It's working now. And no, this ^^ problem didn't go away after using DELL's patch to activate the Bluetooth, that didn't work.