6300 Bluetooth Vista Nightmares!

I downloaded the latest version of PC Suite and was unable to connect my old 6230 to my Vaio VGN-FE41S running Vista HP x32 using Bluetooth. The only way to get my contacts transferred to PC Suite (and thence across to my new 6300) was to buy a cable, which fortunately worked.
I then try to connect the new 6300 to PC Suite but get the response 'Cannot use the Connection Type. Check that all the needed hardware, software and drivers are available.' There appears to be no way round this, even when Bluetooth is selected on the phone and the Bluetooth light is shining bright on the computer. I've tried Sitecom USB and Motorola Bluetooth USB devices, all without success.
The costs are mounting and now it looks as if I'll have to buy yet another cable for the new phone.
What a complete nightmare, enough to prevent anyone from wanting to buy a Nokia - or a Sony for that matter - ever again!
Has anyone had similar problems and can they recommend a way round it?
Cheers

Hi rodosto,
If you have Toshiba BT stack, see this:
/discussions/board/message?board.id=connectivity&message.id=8143&view=by_date_ascending&page=2
(so update your PC Suite to version 6.84 and Toshiba BT stack to version 5.10)

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