Windows 10: Bluetooth driver missing in update again

my computer updates when I'm at work or away and i just got home and turned my computer on and what do you know my Bluetooth driver is missing again... like Microsoft wth. this is the 5th time yall have forgot the Bluetooth drivers in an update. kind of annoying

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Missing Bluetooth Driver

Early today my Bluetooth suddenly disappeared, so I went through some steps to try and fix it. I did the following:

- Changed the Bluetooth Support Service to automatically startup.

- Bluetooth troubleshot, which simply said Bluetooth was not a feature on my system, despite it working a few hours earlier.

- I scanned the drivers for updates, which they said they all were.

- And finally, I try uninstalling and reinstalling the Bluetooth driver. However, the driver has not automatically reinstalled like the tutorial said it would. I have restarted, scanned for changes, scanned for updates, and it is simply gone.

Am I missing a step, all the "official" Bluetooth drivers seem like they originate from sketchy sites and I don't want to download malware or something similar.

 

Bluetooth missing after update

Hi,

Thank you for replying.

One of the things you can try is to enable the Hidden devices and check if you see Bluetooth device. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows logo key + X, and select Device Manager.
2. Click on View and select Show hidden devices.
3. Expand Bluetooth and check if there are any hidden device.
4. If you find any device, right click on it and select Update Driver.

As you get that the best driver is already installed, I would suggest you to uninstall the Bluetooth driver completely from the computer and then install it from the Dell website. To do this, refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows logo key + X, and select
   Device Manager.
   
2. Expand Bluetooth and right click on the
   Bluetooth device and click on Uninstall
   device.
   
3. Now, download the driver from
   Dell website
   and install it.
   
4. Restart the computer.
   

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Bluetooth is not working — troubleshoot claims I don't even have it

I have done all the following steps:

- installed bluetooth driver from manufacturer
- hit windows update
- updated / uninstalled bluetooth items listed in Device Manager and restarted the PC
- updated / uninstalled USB drivers listed in Device Manager and restarted the PC (USB drivers automatically came back but not bluetooth)
- turned on and restarted all bluetooth support in services.msc
- conducted bluetooth troubleshooting
- conducted hardware troubleshooting