Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Bluetooth USB Adapter is a Bluetooth hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Atheros Communications. The hardware id of this driver is USB/Vid_04F2&Pid_AFFD; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.3.0000.0100 released on 2011-01-10.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.
Download size of the driver: 129193 bytes (126.17 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4 stars out of 26662 votes.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Atheros Communications Bluetooth USB Adapter driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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