Broadcom Generic Bluetooth Adaptor - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Generic Bluetooth Adaptor is a Bluetooth for Windows hardware device. The developer of this driver was Broadcom. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_0461&PID_4D6A; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Broadcom Generic Bluetooth Adaptor driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Broadcom Generic Bluetooth Adaptor driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 5.5.0.4600 dated 2008-09-25.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Broadcom.
Driver file size: 121688 bytes (118.84 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.1 stars out of 54503 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. Installing the Broadcom Generic Bluetooth Adaptor driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Search the list until you find the Broadcom Generic Bluetooth Adaptor driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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