BTWDIns.exe
Bluetooth Software by Broadcom Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 12.0.0.1800 |
| MD5: | d9fe4ec142b0761d902fe2e97b244998 |
| SHA1: | 1424c124354f7b37da37f867184f747a69d7dd70 |
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: | 12.0.0.1800 |
| Size: | 931.37 KB (953,720 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/30/2012 8:29 AM |
| 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 is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength radio transmissions in the ISM band from 2400–2480 MHz) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs) with high levels of security. Bluetooth uses a radio technology called frequency-hopping spread spectrum, which chops up the data being sent and transmits chunks of it on up to 79 bands (1 MHz each; center...
“This software is to add functions over the Microsoft Bluetooth software for Microsoft Windows Vista. So the version number of some of the software may not the same as the version number of this software. This package installs the software (Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate Software II) to enable the ThinkPad Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate and the Thinkpad Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate. However, some models do not support Blue...”
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: | 0.00001827% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001256% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000571% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 344 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,392/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.85 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.36 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.26 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 63.52 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 80.88 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.29 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.08 MB | |
| Page faults: | 50,339/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 147 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\lenovo\bluetooth software\btwdins.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | btwdins |
| Display name: | Bluetooth Service |
| Description: | “Handles installation and removal of Bluetooth devices.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
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% |
|
