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As a pirate is passionate about the open sea, such is my passion about technology. I am the first "ethical" IT Pirate.

Bluetooth radio not working after Windows 7 upgrade - Solved with Vista 64-bit Drivers

I was working this weekend trying to configure my mobile device to work with Exchange and needed to transfer a certificate for RPC/HTTPS to work. 

I remembered that I can access my phone from my PC either by tethering it with the USB cable or by using Bluetooth.  Then I realized that for some reason I could not enable the Bluetooth adapter on my laptop.

I researched the issue online via Live search and this issue has plagued several as indicated in the public forums.

I tried downloading the Vista 64-bit driver for my Dell Latitude E6500 shown here:

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To complete the install, this required a reboot.  Once the system restarted, I noticed the panel light was lit above the keyboard which is a good sign.  Upon inspection of the device manager, this is what I saw:

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So the Vista driver worked great!

I have been having similar issues in server 2008 with my onboard NIC and wireless cards so I'll be installing the Vista 64-bit drivers to see if those get resolved.

Published Sunday, February 22, 2009 11:52 AM by Brad Bird

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