If your laptop definitely does not have bluetooth installed
removing/disabling services/drivers no problem.
Checking the Sony website I did locate one without it. I accept that yours
maybe different.
Even if installed and you are confident that you will not use it, you can
disable any services and disable the drivers in Device Manager, relating to
bluetooth.
Considering the amount of disks space that the drivers occupy why not just
disable. If all bluetooth services/drivers disabled you should not be
hindered in any way.
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Regards
Bob J
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"Tuttle" wrote:
Quote:
> Hello all:
>
> I have a new Sony VAIO laptop, Vista Home Premium. WIDCOMM Bluetooth
> Software is installed, and BthServ (Bluetooth Support Service) is always
> running.
>
> Also, System Information | System Drivers shows many Bluetooth drivers
> installed:
>
> bthmodem (Bluetooth Serial Communications Driver)
> bthpan (Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network))
> bthport (Bluetooth Port Driver)
> bthusb (Bluetooth Radio USB Driver)
> btwaudio (Bluetooth Audio Device Service)
> btwavdt (Bluetooth AVDT)
> btwl2cap (Bluetooth L2CAP Service), and
> btwrchid (apparently another Bluetooth driver).
>
> This laptop does not come with Bluetooth. If the software and drivers are
> not part of standard Vista, then perhaps they are part of Sony's standard
> VAIO installation whether the laptop has Bluetooth or not.
>
> I thought I would uninstall the software and set the service not to
> automatically run. Is there any reason not to uninstall the WIDCOMM
> Bluetooth Software, and set BthServ (Bluetooth Support Service) not to run?
> I don't see the point of having things run if there are of no use. Also,
> should I uninstall/delete the various Bluetooth drivers? (How does one
> remove drivers?)
>
>
>