How do I turn off Bluetooth?

Question

First of all, my system is an xps m140 laptop, vista ultimate with 2 gb RAM. I recently installed a 350 bluetooth adapter. I was having problems installing it, but now its working great. It seems the only way to turn it off is to hit FN + F2. This turns off both my wireless connection and the bluetooth. At some point, I had an option when I right clicked on the bluetooth icon in the notification area which stated 'turn bluetooth off' I had tried installing some different versions of bluetooth drivers and I can't seem to get find that option anymore. The blue bluetooth light is really bright and I would like to be able to turn off the bluetooth without turning off the wireless. Anyone know how to do this?

boppo · Answer

I install the dell drivers and I can turn it off in the right tray by right clicking the icon.

saritaandkel · Answer

Hmm..when I installed the Dell drivers, it made the bluetooth device unrecognizable. Any other ideas?

boppo · Answer

try uninstalling the drivers. and reboot then let windows do it's thing then try dells drivers again.

ro_lie07 · Answer

you can try to disable the device in device manager, but sometimes after disabling in device manager the light would stay on. what you can try to do is to physically remove the bluetooth device, uninstall the drivers, then install the bluetooth back and let vista install the native drivers and you should get your bluetooth icon back. the best way you can disable your bluetooth is using that icon/utility.

Message Edited by ro_lie07 on 10-26-2007 04:46 PM

saritaandkel · Answer

I have the native drivers installed and i do have the icon in the notification bar.

There is no selection to turn off bluetooth when clicking on the icon.

The Dell drivers totally ,messed up the bluetooth installation and made the hardware unrecognizable. (see this thread) http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=Tech_Talk_XPS&thread.id=18082

Any more ideas?
Thanks for the input, ya'll!

saritaandkel · Answer

any one else with any suggestions? MAybe one of the Dell moderators?

saritaandkel · Answer

bump, anyone? Come on Dell mods.

ro_lie07 · Answer

what are the options if you right click on your bluetooth icon?  try to uninstall and reinstall the drivers in safemode also...

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