Does Windows Actually Work With Anything That Uses Bluetooth?

[iamdarkbowser]

I just got a bluetooth 4.0 adapter for my computer. I want to use my bluetooth headphones with my computer so I can actually be in a discord call with my friends but every bluetooth adapter I have tried has the same issue but with differing degrees of failure, all of them unbearable. It fails like this: music playing fine, then for about 10 seconds it will stutter like small chunks of the audio is missing, then work fine and repeat. These headphones work perfectly fine with my phone and anything else that does not use windows and yes, I have tried it with different audio sources like VLC, Chrome, windows media player, ECT... The drivers for the adapter are , according to windows, up to date. I can only think that it is windows causing the issue because the 3 dongles I have tried have had the same problem and it has no problem with anything that does not use windows. Does anyone know why this is happening and if and how it can be fixed. 

[Enderman]

Does your computer have any kind of wifi?

[iamdarkbowser]

Just now, Enderman said:

Does your computer have any kind of wifi?

Nope, just the bluetooth adapter.

[flibberdipper]

So far with my laptop almost everything works fine. Only things that don't work well are my cheapass Bluetooth headphones that I don't use and (sometimes) my Bluetooth speaker.

[iamdarkbowser]

1 minute ago, tmcclelland455 said:

So far with my laptop almost everything works fine. Only things that don't work well are my cheapass Bluetooth headphones that I don't use and (sometimes) my Bluetooth speaker.

Perhaps windows can't communicate properly to bluetooth adapters over usb or something, I don't know. It seems to be better right now but i'm sure it will continue to be a problem.

[samiscool51]

windows 10 is known to have problems with bluetooth

only things to try and fix it are, reinstall drivers, repair os, reinstall os and install drivers, and trying it on another computer and see if the problem is still there.

 

that is the best way to try and fix a hardware/device problem

also maybe try the software that came with the adapter (if it came with any or the manufacturer has created something for it, check their website)

[Sors]

Where are you plugging the Bluetooth adapter?  the front USB ports or the back?  the interruptions could be caused by interference, moving the adapter closer to the headphones with a USB extension may help.