Bluetooth/system pref crash when turning off bluetooth

Hi all,
I have a Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Kensington Bluetooth Mouse that I use with my Macbook. They work great. However, sometimes when I click "Turn Bluetooth Off" in the Menu Bar, It disconnects the items but stays with the Black symbol like Bluetooth is On, but when I click on it Turn on and off are both grayed out. After this I try to open System Preferences and that won't respond so I ultimately reboot. What am I doing wrong? This doesn't happen every time I turn bluetooth off.

I suspect it is an incompatible configuration from my previous Macbook G4 17" as well.
Any ideas on which specific files I should try to change? I have been digging around but can't seem to find the relevant files yet.
Thanks.

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