Windows 10: Where is the Bluetooth stack for Windows hidden on Microsoft's webpage?

We have a bunch of domain PCs where Windows update is blocked, Updates are fed through our servers instead. Because Microsoft has a way of pushing bad, buggy drivers through their update system, which causes breakdowns and downtime, we rightly have that blocked by group policy as well.


Now, when we have a Bluetooth device we want to install on a machine that did not come with Bluetooth, we can't as the Windows 10 Bluetooth stack is not built into the Windows 10 install image like it should be. We can install the Bluetooth device with drivers we found online, but Windows 10 does not show the Bluetooth service, nor does it have the Bluetooth functionality in its new control panel.


This is similar to the problem we are having with the Windows IME, so every time we have thoroughly tested and try to update to the new build of Windows 10, The language files, dictionaries and such which allow the IME to actually work have to be transplanted from a non-domain device. IME should have been built into the Windows 10 image from the get-go, not exclusively downloaded through windows update. As a result, those of us who speak more than one language are shot in the foot on every major update because we can't get at the installation files we need to.


Where can I find offline installers that will permit the proper installation of the Bluetooth stack, for the 1909 and later builds of Windows 10, additionally, where are the offline install files for the IME for Windows 10 for the 1909 and later?

:)

 

Intel 6230 Bluetooth stack

Wondering if anyone has an intel 6230 wifi + bluetooth mini pcie chip?

If so, do you happen to have a bluetooth stack for win7 64bit? I've tried both the default Microsoft stack as well as the Intel stack (Proset) but neither have profiles for phone audio (so i can't talk on my phone via bluetooth)

Any help would be awesome! *Smile

 

Widcomm or Microsoft Bluetooth Stack

Hi Sage

This is the System information from the PC Suite:

Operating system:

Microsoft Windows XP

Build 2600

Service Pack 2

Bluetooth stack:

Microsoft Bluetooth stack

Version 5.1.2600.2180

So I DO have the MS Bluetooth stack afterall, but I still can't get a connection.

There nothing in control panel about Bluetooth devices.

In System, Device Manager there is listed the following: USB Bluetooth Driver (CSR),

Bluetooth Virtual Com6 (and 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), Fujitsu Bluetooth Audio (SCR), USB Bluetooth Driver for SCO Link.

This is becoming infuriating.

I am not using BT for any dial up connections either.

My phone does pick up a BT headset.

 

Microsoft Making it Better with Bluetooth Technology v4.0

Microsoft's Windows 8 announcement introduces native support for Bluetooth v4.0. Bluetooth v4.0 enabled products running the Windows 8 operating system, such as the new Surface tablet, will be Bluetooth Smart Ready products, enabling them to connect to familiar Bluetooth devices, like wireless speakers, and to the next generation of ultra power-efficient Bluetooth Smart products now coming to market.

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