'devices and printers' (Win 7) not working on X201i

I am running Win7 64 bits. When I try to go into control panel and access 'devices and printers' everything gets stuck in a loop and I never even get to the stage where the next window is displayed.
I read somewhere that it had to do with Bluetooth services not being enabled. I changed that. It worked once, but now I am back to the non working stage.
Any ideas about how to fix this?

hey artami,
that's strange, does it happen even for USB memory sticks as well ?
i would recommend heading to http://support.lenovo.com and updating your whole unit including the bios.
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Hello, Alan
Morris.
Thanks for your reply.
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