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    "The installer be run on windows vista only"..while installing buletooth

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lax4u, Mar 23, 2009.

  1. lax4u

    lax4u Newbie

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    i have recently formatted my hard drive and installed cean copy of Vista Ultilate on my DELL Inspiron 1525 machine. I did not use dell recovery partion to install, instead i use Vista Disk. I was able to install all the drivers except bluetooth. Whenever i try to to install bluetooth drivers i get following error " The installer be run on windows vista only".. i was with dell tech support for couple of hours but they were not able to solve my problem. The bluetooth is enabled in BIOS, switch is on etc.
    I installed Windows VISTA ultimate 32 bit. any idea why
     
    lax4u, Mar 23, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Try downloading the driver from Dell's support page instead of using the one on the CD.
     
    Mastershroom, Mar 23, 2009
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  3. lax4u

    lax4u Newbie

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    well as i said before one of the dell technician already downloaded drivers on my machine ( i Shared my desktop with him) and he also tried to install it.
     
    lax4u, Mar 23, 2009
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  4. tiradia

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    I have a Dell 1530 with Vista Home and Bluetooth 355 + EDR 2.0. This worked for me, but it may not for you:

    C:\dell\drivers\R140135\
    is where the drivers were extracted to. I ignored the setup in this folder.

    C:\dell\drivers\R140135\3100_216\Win32\
    contained the drivers I needed.

    I ran C:\dell\drivers\R140135\3100_216\Win32\Inst.exe

    The install took a while and towards the end it asked me to turn on the adapter. I turned it on (I have a switch) but it repeated the same message. By this time, a bluetooth icon had appeared in the notification area (it was red). So, I canceled and rebooted. After log in, I clicked on the bluetooth icon in the notification area and selected "Turn Bluetooth Adapter On". My bluetooth adapater has worked ever since.

    Good luck.
     
    tiradia, Apr 13, 2009
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  5. mattatx

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    Have you tried right clicking on the .exe files (the one you got from dell) go to the Compatability tab and choosing Run in Vista SP1 32bit mode. Worth a shot IMO
     
    mattatx, Apr 14, 2009
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