Apple wireless keyboard won't work with windows xp

[pufftissue]

Hi,
I pair up, but then xp loses the entire device when i go to show bluetooth devices.
I have sp2 installed; I am using the Ms bluetooth transceiver usb as the means of adding bluetooth to my computer.
please help
Thank you

Is it b/c the apple wireless keyboard needs widcomm stack?

People say it's supposed to work, but what about with the MS bluetooth usb transceiver? Anyone have that working?

 

[pufftissue]

I don't think it works with the microsoft bluetooth usb transceiver. I got a dlink one today bt-120 and it works flawlessly; the drivers were widcomm version, which i installed on my computer, and the microsoft bt adapter won't recognize widcomm drivers. i don't think bluetooth is that universal.

i like the apple keyboard; it was $56, which is more reasonable than the dinovo desktop--$250??? But online, still $160. That's pretty expensive.
And I value the fact that the apple keyboard has got an on/off switch. What a smart feature, which is obviously way more important on a bt optical mouse.

 

[BullsOnParade]

hey puff, how did you go about getting it to work with the dlink adapter. I'm having issues pairing the keyboard with the microsoft adapter.
I've installed the widcomm drivers instead of the xp sp2 bluetooth stack and have confirmed them to work with the MS mouse and my palm
t3 as a network adapter.

 

[BullsOnParade]

Got a tutorial on getting the keyboard working in windows as well as getting a bluetooth adapter working fully.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...?catid=27&threadid=1545076&STARTPAGE=1