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* [[Windows 2000]] or [[Windows ME]] : Microsoft has not released an official Bluetooth stack for these old Windows versions.
* [[Windows Embedded Compact]] (formerly Windows CE) supports UART, USB, SDIO, and BCSP connections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa910275.aspx |title=Bluetooth HCI Transport Layer |publisher=Msdn.microsoft.com |date=2008-08-28 |access-date=2012-11-04}}</ref> Third party stacks can also be installed on Windows CE devices, including Widcomm, BlueSoleil and Toshiba, depending on the embedded device and which version of the OS is installed.
* [[Windows XP]] had a built-in Bluetooth stack starting with the [[XP Service Pack 2|Service Pack 2]] update, released on 2004-08-06. Windows XP SP2 and SP3 support Bluetooth 1.1 (but not 1.0), Bluetooth 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate). Profiles can be toggled in the "Services" tab of each Bluetooth Device to disable unsupported profiles. <ref name="WinBT 2010 FAQ">{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/c/5/9c5b2167-8017-4bae-9fde-d599bac8184a/Bth_FAQ.docx |title=Bluetooth Wireless Technology FAQ - 2010 |access-date=2012-11-04}}</ref>
* Windows XP SP1 : Microsoft released a [[Quick Fix Engineering|QFE]] of its Bluetooth stack (labelled as QFE323183) to install onto [[Windows XP Service Pack 1]]. Microsoft only released this directly to third-party companies and did not directly release it to the public. The third-party companies were then allowed to release the QFE as part of their own Bluetooth device's software installation. Microsoft no longer supports this QFE.
* The [[Windows Vista]] Bluetooth stack is improved, with support for more hardware IDs, EDR performance improvements, ''Adaptive frequency hopping'' for Wi-Fi co-existence, and ''Synchronous Connection Oriented'' (SCO) protocol support which is needed for audio profiles.<ref name="MSBTFAQ"/> The Windows Vista Bluetooth stack supports a kernel mode [[device driver|device driver interface]] besides the user-mode programming interface, which enables third parties to add support for additional Bluetooth Profiles. This was lacking in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 built-in Bluetooth stack, which had to be entirely replaced by a third-party stack for additional profile support. It also provides RFCOMM support using sockets besides virtual COM ports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/f/98f3fe47-dfc3-4e74-92a3-088782200fe7/TWMO05002_WinHEC05.ppt |title=USB/1394 on the PC |access-date=2012-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215074927/http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/f/98f3fe47-dfc3-4e74-92a3-088782200fe7/TWMO05002_WinHEC05.ppt |archive-date=2012-02-15 }}</ref> KB942567 called Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless adds Bluetooth 2.1+EDR support and remote wake from S3 or S4 support for self-powered Bluetooth modules.<ref name="MSBTFAQ"/> This feature pack while initially only available to OEMs, was eventually included in Windows Vista Service Pack 2.
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