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Question

Bluetooth

Sep 13, 2016 8:14AM PDT

I have a Samsung laptop running Windows 7.
It has an early version of Bluetooth.
I can't work out how to upgrade to the latest version of Bluetooth.
(I don't want to move up from Windows 7)
Can you help?
Thanks.

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While I did move our office to W10
Sep 13, 2016 8:52AM PDT

As I did that, I no longer understand the trepidation to W10.

But about Bluetooth. Almost always you have to use one of those USB Bluetooth dongles. Figure 4 to 40 bucks max.

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Bluetooth
Sep 13, 2016 10:17PM PDT

Go to the samsung site and see if they offer any bluetooth driver updates for your model.

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Reinstall
Sep 15, 2016 7:49AM PDT

Uninstall and reinstall the device drivers. manually uninstall and reinstall the device drivers.

To do this, follow these steps:
• Click Start, type Device Manager in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
• Click Continue. The Device Manager dialog box is displayed.
• If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.
• In the list of device types, click the kind of device, and then locate the specific device that is not functioning.
Right-click the device, and then click Properties.
• Click the Driver tab.
• Click Uninstall. Click OK.
• In the Device Manager Dialog box, click the Action menu, and then click Scan for hardware changes.
Restart the computer which automatically reinstall the drivers.