TS3048 no bluetooth icon in system preferences

i have mac os 10.7.3 and the bluetooth icon disappeared from system preferences, does not show up at all.
I have had this issue before restarted several times and then it came back.
But is there something else i can do about it ?
help ?

Click on the B icon on the top right menu bar if it's there but just greyed out and turn it back on.
If it's gone altogether, then unplug any mouse/trackpad to your system, and re-boot. When a system can't find a keyboard or mouse, it turns BlueTooth back on as a fail-safe.

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