Missing Bluetooth in device manager/icon/tray windows 7

[thebigalphamale]

I had it on and everything. But I was having problems with my wireless connection going on and off on and off... all the time... so uninstalled the drivers for the wireless abg and downloaded them from lenovo and reinstalled them and it is working PERFECTLY.. but no bluetooth now...i didnt do anything regarding the bluetooth... its not in the device manager now either...and it says enabled from the bios... i downloaded the bluetooth stuff from lenovos website and installed it but still nothing... im using windows 7

any ideas?

thanks

[Harryc]

FN-F5, turn on the bluetooth radio.

[thebigalphamale]

the bluetooth disappeared... fn+f5 wont work bc its not on the system all the sudden...

any other ideas...

[sjthinkpader]

Reinstall the Hotkey utility. You will need the use Fn+F5 to turn on the BT card.

[Sindbad]

Delete all your drivers (including WiFi) plug the LAN cable and install windows updates do not download anything from Lenovo website until win updates will install all the drivers.

[thebigalphamale]

Delete all your drivers (including WiFi) plug the LAN cable and install windows updates do not download anything from Lenovo website until win updates will install all the drivers.

is there a way to uninstall them all at once... other than doing them 1 at a time.. (also sent PM just in case you dont check the thread again)

[Sindbad]

is there a way to uninstall them all at once... other than doing them 1 at a time.. (also sent PM just in case you dont check the thread again)

I've got no idea, this method might not work also, because once you delete hardware it's going to be recognized by Win7 again and it's going to install old drivers automatically. The best thing to do is, a fresh install of Win7 and then use the method that I mentioned in previous post. Again DO NOT download any drivers from Lenovo. run the win update keep running and rebooting your Tablet until you'll get all the drivers to be recognized by Win. Only after this install the think Vantage utility or any other software.

[thebigalphamale]

I've got no idea, this method might not work also, because once you delete hardware it's going to be recognized by Win7 again and it's going to install old drivers automatically. The best thing to do is, a fresh install of Win7 and then use the method that I mentioned in previous post. Again DO NOT download any drivers from Lenovo. run the win update keep running and rebooting your Tablet until you'll get all the drivers to be recognized by Win. Only after this install the think Vantage utility or any other software.

that sounds good... ill do a complete reinstall of windows 7... hopefully my volume up, down, mute buttons will work as well..

what if anything from lenovo should I download after all the windows 7 updates...such as the thinkpad programs... I am thinking that I dont really need/want any... but maybe there is something that is not optional that windows 7 updates or the windows 7 OS cant handle on its on...

thanks for all the help