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I've been getting a recommended driver update for the Broadcom Bluetooth driver used by a little ASUS USB Bluetooth dongle I use (very common BT chipset), yet I cannot find any information about any driver updates on ASUS' nor Broadcom's websites. And the "More information" link in the Windows Update dialog just points to a page that only says "Driver Information: Coming Soon <br> Thank you for using Windows Update. The More Information feature is not available yet. We apologize blah blah yadda yadda" (last sentence paraphrased). Why the hell would I install a driver for which I can find no information about? That's nuts. This isn't the first time I've ran into this situation with Windows Update and driver "update" recommendations, either.


For the Bluetooth driver specifically, you may be able to to pull it down via the Windows Update Catalog and inspect it that way. It may just be an OEM version of Bluesoleil or similar.


I recently got an update for my Microsoft LifeCam Studio. There is zilch to find online about the update. No KB article, the LifeCam Studio website still hasn't heard anything about a windows version after 7, nothing.

Yay.




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