btwdins.exe has 78 known versions, the most recent one is 12.0.0.6300. It is started as a Windows Service called 'Bluetooth Service' with the name 'btwdins' and described as “Handles installation and removal of Bluetooth devices.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 794 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Broadcom Corporation by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software, ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate Software and Software Bluetooth WIDCOMM have been observed as installing specific variations of btwdins.exe. This is a .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) assembly. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0004% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 2.59 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 6.36 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 634 Bytes per minute for reads and 4 Bytes per minute for writes.
Bluetooth Support Server for Broadcom's OEM distributed Bluetooth Windows software drivers. This module is installed as part of the OEMs driver updates.
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of btwdins.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
United States installs about 30.91% of Bluetooth Software.