After Vista upgrade, Bluetooth stopped working

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alp

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I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with built-in Bluetooth.
My Bluetooth always worked fine, untill I did a Vista upgrade.
After fixing the usual problems that people expirience after the upgrade (sound stops working, issues with automatic downloads, etc.) I now realize that I can not get my Bluetooth to work.

It is still built-in to my computer.
Yet, I don't have the icon in my system tray to activate, nor does it show up in Control panel.
When I right-click a file to "send to", there is an option "Bluetooth File Transfer Wizard" instead of the regular Bluetooth icon.
When I click "Bluetooth File Transfer Wizard", I get a message "fsquirt.exe can not be found".

How can I get my Bluetooth working again?

Thanks alot!
 

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That appears to be a standard problem when you upgrade and is very hard to fix, the easiest way is to use your upgrade disk to do a clean install. But go to your Dell site first and download all your Vista motherboard drivers
 
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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home Build
    CPU
    AM2 Black
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte S-Series
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics card(s)
    G/F 9600 GT
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22in LCDX2
    Hard Drives
    to many to list
    PSU
    Home Build
    Case
    God knows
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    yes got one and a Cat
    Keyboard
    yes with Buttons
    Internet Speed
    1.5mb
Well, I got my issue fixed!!!! :)

I went to Dell's website. I downloaded whatever drivers sounded like they had something to do with Bluetooth, and now it works!!!!!!


There is only one small difference, though not a big deal. - Obviously, any ideas to fix it are welcome.
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Before I upgraded I would activate Bluetooth by first turning on wireless (Fn+F2), and then the Bluetooth icon would appear in the system tray in a dull color.
I would then right-click the icon, and click turn-on Bluetooth, which would activate Bluetooth and make the icon a bright blue and white.
I could then deactivate Bluetooth (without turning off wireless) by right-clicking the icon, clicking turn-off, and it would deactivate, even though my wireless was still on.
Now after the upgrade, the Bluetooth is completely in sync with my wireless. If I turn on wireless, Bluetooth goes on. And there is no option to right-click the icon to turn it off. The only way to turn it off is by completely turning off my wireless.
This is not a big issue at all. I'm happy it's working. Though I wish it would work exactly as before.
 

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