BTWDIns.exe
Bluetooth Software by Broadcom Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 5.2.0.500 |
| MD5: | 09cb316db9d61ed9fc9a7b07a1a301f6 |
| SHA1: | 8cfe8a5a1ff9b70a910a58c7e96adf1d0a10c803 |
| SHA256: | bcb2750469f6a9980a1a32fb883be67feb9c82fa17a36c27c55a8d28e0d5d0ec |
What is BTWDIns.exe?
Bluetooth Support Server for Broadcom's OEM distributed Bluetooth Windows software drivers. This module is installed as part of the OEMs driver updates.
About BTWDIns.exe (from Broadcom Corporation)
“With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent blocking performance, Broadcom's Bluetooth chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless personal area networking a reality. Pro”
Details
| File name: | btwdins.exe |
| Publisher: | Broadcom Corporation. |
| Product name: | Bluetooth Software |
| Description: | Bluetooth Support Server |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\widcomm\bluetooth software\btwdins.exe |
| File version: | 5.2.0.500 |
| Size: | 506.54 KB (518,696 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Broadcom Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Bluetooth wireless technology is an international open standard for allowing intelligent devices to communicate with each other over short range wireless links. It allows any sort of electronic equipment - from computers and cell phones to keyboards and headphones - to make its own connections, without wires, cables or any direct action from a user.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'btwdins' (Bluetooth Service)
- btwdins
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00008854% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002887% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005967% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156,001 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,551/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.55 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.32 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.49 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.55 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 53.42 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 56.23 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.95 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.36 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,231/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 63 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 5/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 87 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\widcomm\bluetooth software\bin\btwdins.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | btwdins |
| Display name: | Bluetooth Service |
| Description: | “Handles installation and removal of Bluetooth devices.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
49.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
4.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.30% of Bluetooth Software.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.89% |
|
| Sony |
25.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.98% |
|
| Lenovo |
13.39% |
|
| ASUS |
5.36% |
|
| Acer |
3.57% |
|
| Samsung |
2.68% |
|
| Alienware |
1.34% |
|
| Sahara |
0.89% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
0.89% |
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