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    M1210 - Turn off Bluetooth? How?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by schooner, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. schooner

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    New install of Vista Ultimate on M1210. The Bluetooth driver seems to be setup fine and the icon shows but I see no way to turn it off as I had before with the defualt Dell Vista install. Is there some utlity for this so it can be easily turned on and off from the icon?
     
    schooner, Mar 22, 2008
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    Right-click on the bluetooth icon and select "turn bluetooth adapter on/off". It worked for me on a clean Vista Ultimate 32-bit installation (My XPS M1210 originally came with XP Pro).
     
    ValkyrieLenneth, Mar 23, 2008
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    That is the issue, I no longer have that option after the clean install. Perhaps it is the driver I am using, I believe it was the default one that Vista installed. Which driver are you using?
     
    schooner, Mar 23, 2008
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    Did you install the driver from dell's website?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 23, 2008
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    No, by default Vista seemed to add one. Should I use the Dell one instead?
     
    schooner, Mar 23, 2008
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    Installed the Dell driver and that seems ot have fixed it. Thanks!
     
    schooner, Mar 23, 2008
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