Help a fellow Mac-er from going mad, please

[whatawonder]

Hi

Without any warning, an alert has appeared on my screen:'Bluetooth audio failed.' and a button to click that says 'Stop using headset'

The dialogue box is frozen, the button does not work. It site there in the middle of the screen - and on top of all other applications. Image of it here: no it's not, cannot upload it, (the screen capture may or may not be attached).

I have tried restarting, shutting down, but it just won't move. The cursor turns into the spinning circle when over the box.

Has anyone an idea to help me get rid of it??

Here's hoping.

Dave

[spinnerlys]

What Mac and Mac OS X version do you use (be as exact as you can) and do you have Bluetooth turned on or off?

Have a look at Activity Monitor (Applications > Utilities) and select Show All Processes and sort by Name to see what the culprit may be.

image below uses sorting by CPU as an example
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4745264042_9c23afdbc9_b.jpg


Can you see any Bluetooth in name there?

Do you even have a headset?



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[whatawonder]

MAC is:
Mac OS X, version 10.6.4
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz RAM

Bluetooth is on
It is Discoverable

I do not have a headset

Went into utilities and force quit the Bluetooth application. It closed, and then I said 'yes' to report. Then it froze again.

Both the original alert, and now the Problem Report has as well.

What do I do now?

[Warbitrary]

What if you turn off bluetooth in system preferences? I guess you can only do that if you have a wired mouse and keyboard.