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    How to stop a generic bluetooth driver from installing on my Sager NP8170

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by decayedmatter, Jun 9, 2012.

  1. decayedmatter

    decayedmatter Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried some 3rd party bluetooth stack to try and get my nintendo wiimote working with my notebook. And now it's causing my bluetooth keyboard and mouse to no longer function.

    Decided to uninstall it and revert to the sager manufacturer drivers. Problem is, everytime i restart to install the sager bluetooth drivers, the generic bluetooth drivers reinstall themselves...ANNOYING!

    Whats a good program to clean out this old driver installer so it doesnt automatically install itself? I already tried ccleaner.
     
    decayedmatter, Jun 9, 2012
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    K_Wall_24 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know but can you install over those drivers? or go to the generic driver in device manager, hit properties, update driver, and point it to the correct driver.
     
    K_Wall_24, Jun 9, 2012
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  3. BenWah

    BenWah Notebook Consultant

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    How exactly are you trying to uninstall it?

    Did you try uninstalling from device manager?
    Select the blue tooth device and right click uninstall driver
     
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    Looks like I figured it out, I wasn't hitting "connect" in the bluetooth menu after the devices were rediscovered. I solved the issue on my own, thanks.
     
    decayedmatter, Jun 10, 2012
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