Bluetooth Driver "Disappear" after waking computer in Windows XP SP2

Hello,
This has always happened after waking my computer up from sleep under Bootcamp. I am in Windows XP, I put it to sleep. I come back later, and occasionally my bluetooth driver disappears.
This can be better illustrated with the following screenshots. The first shows the driver information missing.
http://students.cup.edu/coo9893/pics/UO0001.jpg
The second shows that anytime I try to change the settings of the driver, it won't allow me.
http://students.cup.edu/coo9893/pics/UO0002.jpg
Has anyone else shared this problem, or know of a solution? Rebooting into Windows XP solves this, but it's a very frustrating process if you were in the middle of some work.

I would try SP3 to see if its fixed in SP3.
I know it was a bug in Vista RTM: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929577
There are more complaints about BT disappearing on the MS site.
Kinda makes you happy running Mac OS X, you would think a company would fix it prior to shipping.

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