After upgrading my machine to Vista x64, I found my Broadcom Bluetooth 2.0+EDR driver had not been detected. This was no real surprise - I was actually expecting more problems than this. I visited the Broadcom site to download their latest Bluetooth drivers.

After the 33M download, the Broadcom Bluetooth installer tried to run, and fell over.

I scoured the Web looking for assistance to no avail. Finally I found a Lenovo site offering x64 drivers for their Broadcom Bluetooth software. I installed the x64 Bluetooth driver part, of the package and re-tried the Broadcom driver, and it installed seamlessly.

Here's the instructions in case anyone else is having the same problems:

1. Get the 68bu10ww.exe driver from the Lenovo support site.

2. Double click the package to extract the drivers.

3. Open device manager, and select the Broadcom driver, update driver, and choose the x64 subfolder from the extracted Lenovo package (it defaults to C:\DRIVERS\Vista\BTOOTH\Win64).

4. once the drivers are installed go to the Broadcom Bluetooth update page, and download and update their driver. This is necessary if you want all of their great Blutooth profiles i.e. headset, remote etc.

www.vodafone.net Email services are no longer available to pay as you go customers.

After many attempts to sign up to 'Vodafone Live' email services, Vodafone customer services informed me in this mail conversation that new PAYT customers are no longer allowed vodafone mail services.

After my discussion with them a disclaimer appeared on the www.vodafone.net site indicating that this was the case. No public statement has been issued to Vodafone PAYT customers, nor is this stated on the vodafone.co.uk website.

However in the last part of the mail conversation, the customer service representative adds, that concerns from customers will be taken into account. So, if you are a PAYT vodafone customer, and want to gain/retain your mail facility it's worth dropping them a line at customer.care@vodafone.co.uk.