Alu Keyboard on Pc..

cu3ed · 26 Sep 2009 at 14:47

So I have finally got around getting a Wilress mini keyboard for the iMac...but it was with the intention of putting hte original Keyboard onto my Pc (Xp), no connected up and the fundamentals of it work, however...I was hoping and thinking their must be a way of getting the volumne, play pause and cd eject button to work also....have already installed the BootCamp drivers but didnt really change much TBH.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Blackhawk47 · 26 Sep 2009 at 15:06

I suppose you would have to assign it manually some how. OS X does it automatically for you. With Windows I think you have to install some over piece of software to get those to work/do it yourself mentality.

Matt Van Dam · 26 Sep 2009 at 15:17

There are apps you can pay for that do the job if you google it.

cu3ed · 26 Sep 2009 at 16:01

I cant find anything that acts like an app to allow ne to do this.

mr.sly · 26 Sep 2009 at 16:20

SharpKeys is what I used to use on Windows to get the keys working.

hexxed · 26 Sep 2009 at 18:06

Here's how i did it, obtain the bootcamp installer, copy it to hd, delete all the drivers apart from the keyboard ones. Run the installer, you will get the bootcamp icon in the bottom right hand corner but it wont do anything useful, the benefits being you also get the onscreen volume change graphics etc, the downer being the bootcamp exe will take around 30 seconds to load at start and can increase boot time, but you do get complete functionality.

cu3ed · 26 Sep 2009 at 19:06

umm id be willing to the that..the re-mapping isnt gett a lot of the keys right TBH.

So I install, which drivers do I need exactly..because I tried installing the aple keyboard drivers in the BootCamp folders and it did nothing...

Ghost-Reaper · 26 Sep 2009 at 20:25

mr.sly said:
SharpKeys is what I used to use on Windows to get the keys working.

Thanks

sorted mine how I wanted it.

hexxed · 28 Sep 2009 at 10:33

cu3ed said:
umm id be willing to the that..the re-mapping isnt gett a lot of the keys right TBH.

So I install, which drivers do I need exactly..because I tried installing the aple keyboard drivers in the BootCamp folders and it did nothing...

No, do not install the keyboard drivers. Basically you want the whole bootcamp installer. Delete all the other drivers which do not relate to the keyboard. Then run the main bootcamp installer exe. That should do it