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  1. Casmo
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    Wireless Icon


    Hello all :)

    Yesterday I installed BlueSoleil for my bluetooth dongle, and now my wireless icon is acting strange, I've had this before, and never been able to fix this, does anyone have any clues?

    Thanks in advance.
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  3. not so gray matter
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    fseal said:
    This is an old thread but. Do you by any chance have any Adobe products (Photoshop/creative suite etc) installed?

    It installs a local DNS service called Bonjour that wreaks havok with several adapters/drivers and gives the symptoms you indicate. Search for Bonjour on the site here for instructions for removing it if you have installed Photoshop or something else from adobe (not flash though)
    I can't really find any solutions because I have no idea what causes that symbol and or what to call it. Is it an asterix a star a circle?
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  4. Casmo
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    The symbol means that there are wireless connections available, but I am already connected to an AP, and it's rather annoying not so see how strong the signal is, but yeah, it looks like an asterisk to me.
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  6. MDR
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    it says there are other wireless network available besides WLAN. there's bluetooth access now
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  7. Crispy
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    Make sure that you do not have any IP address conflicts I had the same problem not so long ago.
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  8. Casmo
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    @ MDR, even when I disable the bluetooth connection, it shows this icon, so it's not that.

    @Crispy, I don't have an IP address conflict...
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  10. not so gray matter
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    There must be a way to turn that off in network preferences... Can't seem to find much on it.

    If you really want it not to show then download a program like this to enable/disable bluetooth on demand.
    http://www.vijay555.com/index.php?Releases:VJVolubilis
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  11. Casmo
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    notsograymatter said:
    fseal said:
    This is an old thread but. Do you by any chance have any Adobe products (Photoshop/creative suite etc) installed?

    It installs a local DNS service called Bonjour that wreaks havok with several adapters/drivers and gives the symptoms you indicate. Search for Bonjour on the site here for instructions for removing it if you have installed Photoshop or something else from adobe (not flash though)
    I can't really find any solutions because I have no idea what causes that symbol and or what to call it. Is it an asterix a star a circle?


    Adobe Products:
    Yup, I have CS4, but I didn't install Bonjour, so that can't be it.
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  12. Casmo
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    notsograymatter said:
    There must be a way to turn that off in network preferences... Can't seem to find much on it.

    If you really want it not to show then download a program like this to enable/disable bluetooth on demand.
    Vijay555 - VJVolubilis


    It seems that this program is for a PDA, but to disable the bluetooth is easy enough, but that doesn't work.




    [Update] I uninstalled BlueSoleil, and it got worse... It shows as if a cable is disconnected now...[/]

    [Update] Now, look at my second picture, all the connections are gone in there...[/]
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  13. brianzion
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    i had the same sort of problem that would not go away until i completely removed the blue tooth software with this program: Revo Uninstaller Pro - Uninstall Software, Remove Programs, Solve uninstall problems
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