Wireless keyboard boot problem

[Mr Bulbous]

I bought a wireless keyboard and mouse for my second comp today and have come across a problem I hadn't considered!

It seems with a wireless keyboard, you cant use it until the OS has kicked in, so no use in the bios then? Its not so much of a problem for me to plug in an old wired keyboard for the few times I need to go into in the bios, but this machine is dual boot Win98SE and WinXP, as people who have dual booted know, you get a screen that shows the option of the 2 OS's before boot, and with this wireless keyboard there seems no way to use the arrow key to scroll between the OS's before XP kicks in?

If there is a workaround for this without having to have a wired keyboard plugged in all the time, could someone advise please?

Cheers.

 

[Mr Bulbous]

That makes sense, both the wireless keyboard and mouse operate from the same USB receiver, I'll have a look in the bios and see if I can change anything.

Thanks.

 

[Mr Bulbous]

Thanks Werewolf, you were right.

Found an option in the bios to support USB keyboard and mouse, can now do all I need from the wireless keyboard and mouse on this dual boot Win98/XP machine.

Thanks very much