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    Uninstall Bluetooth in Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by fred2028, Feb 19, 2009.

  1. fred2028

    fred2028 Sexy member

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    I bought one of those tiny USB Bluetooth adapters and now it doesn't work, so I was wondering how I can completely remove Bluetooth from my Vista Ultimate SP1 x86 laptop? I have gone to Device Manager and Uninstalled under Bluetooth Radios and deleted Bth.inf and Bth.pnf from C:/Windows/Inf/, however I still see the Bluetooth Devices icon in Control Panel. How would I remove Bluetooth completely?
     
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    Does your comp come with BT installed before the USB device?

    Try running some registry cleaner (back up your registry first, or create a restore point)?

    cheers ...
     
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    No, my computer did not come with BT software. And I have run CCleaner but no difference.
     
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    qhn, Feb 20, 2009
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