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‎02-16-2017 11:47 AM

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I have an HP 280 G1 Bus. PC, desktop. I have Winds.10-Pro and find that I do not have Bluetooth.  I looked in Device Mgr/Hidden. No Bluetooth. HP only seems to provide a driver for Winds. 8. I would like to use Bluetooth along with my phone.

Is there an easy way to add Bluetooth to my computer? Can I add the driver for Winds. 8 and then update it to Winds. 10?

Please help.

Thanks-

cadillac_46

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‎02-16-2017 12:01 PM

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Hi:

 

The easiest thing to do would be to purchase an external usb bluetooth adapter.

 

I use this one on my HP 8200 Elite CMT running W10.  Works great. W10 will automatically install the drivers after a few minutes.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-BTD-400-Bluetooth-4-0-USB/dp/B007Q45EF4

‎02-20-2017 05:11 PM

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Paul:

Thank you for the response and the advice about the USB/Blue tooth adapter. I thought Bluetooth was already in Winds.10.

I found one on ebay with good reviews and free shipping. I will give it a whirl!

Neal

‎02-20-2017 05:18 PM

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You're very welcome.

 

W10 has the bluetooth drivers built in for most modern bluetooth 4.0 or newer hardware versions, but without the hardware, the software is useless.

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