Bootcamp and Bluetooth problem

Beepcake

Beepcake

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I've just bootcamped my iMac (bluetooth keyboard + bluetooth mighty mouse) with the latest bootcamp and i'm having no end of problems with the keyboard and mouse. XP is installed fine, BlueTooth is working, I can pair the keyboard and the mouse with no problems but every time I reboot either the keyboard, mouse or both no longer work and I have to plug USB ones in, remove, and re-add them.

I can find an article about bootcamp 1.0.2 which says you have to make sure you use a passkey, which I have (let windows specify for the keyboard, 0000 for the mouse) but it still doesn't work.

I'd quite like to use the iMac for gaming, but having to do this every damn time is bloody annoying.

Anyone else have problems or does anyone else use the latest bootcamp ok with an apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse?

And before anyone says this is a Windows being rubbish thing, I regularly use bluetooth mice with my PC laptop and I've never had a problem :)
 
FirebarUK said:
I found at bootup into Windows I simply turn off my keyboard, then turn it back on again and its ok. Try that when it stops working :)
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Tried that, no joy, once one of them stops working I have to remove and re-add them :( Sometimes it boots up fine (but not often) and sometimes the keyboard works but the mouse doesn't. I'm not sure if the new boot camp drivers are just buggy, but I don't have a copy of the old CD to try that.
 
I had all sorts of problems when upgrading the BootCamp drivers on an existing XP installation, mainly down to Bluetooth blue screening when it installed then killing the USB drivers... Ended up fixing using ERD Commander to system restore back to a previous checkpoint.

Then removed all the Apple software and re-installed the drivers. It's still not perfect but it works well enough to play C&C. When I've got the time I'll nuke the XP install and try again from scratch.
 
MagicBoy said:
I had all sorts of problems when upgrading the BootCamp drivers on an existing XP installation, mainly down to Bluetooth blue screening when it installed then killing the USB drivers... Ended up fixing using ERD Commander to system restore back to a previous checkpoint.

Then removed all the Apple software and re-installed the drivers. It's still not perfect but it works well enough to play C&C. When I've got the time I'll nuke the XP install and try again from scratch.
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So it works ok with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse? I've not upgraded this, it's a fresh install purely with bootcamp 1.2.
 
Beepcake said:
So it works ok with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse? I've not upgraded this, it's a fresh install purely with bootcamp 1.2.
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Keyboard is USB. Bluetooth mouse and mobile phone are OK.
 
MagicBoy said:
Keyboard is USB. Bluetooth mouse and mobile phone are OK.
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It is an apple bluetooth mouse? I don't seem to have any problems with other bluetooth devices once i'm in Windows, it's just the most important 2 that never seem to work :)

I've found a few people with the same problem, but also lots of people that say it works fine. I'm confused :confused:
 
FirebarUK said:
I found at bootup into Windows I simply turn off my keyboard, then turn it back on again and its ok. Try that when it stops working :)
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Yup, same for me.
 
Beepcake said:
It is an apple bluetooth mouse? I don't seem to have any problems with other bluetooth devices once i'm in Windows, it's just the most important 2 that never seem to work :)

I've found a few people with the same problem, but also lots of people that say it works fine. I'm confused :confused:
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Logitech V270.
 
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