Comments on: Boot Camp, Windows 7, and Bluetooth Wireless Mouse and Keyboard, Oh My!

By: Gastus

Gastus — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:05:39 +0000

Thank you so much. I could not find it myself, that i can right click on the mouse icon in Found software list to put that checkmark.
Great!!!

By: Yome

Yome — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:22:13 +0000

Fenix my man, you rock !
Merci beaucoup, thank you for sharing this great tip

cheers

Yome

By: Jack Walsh

Jack Walsh — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:18:06 +0000

I’ve tried to install a Windows bluetooth kbd & mouse (Rocketfish). Work fine on the Mac part of boot camp (new 23″ iMac) but I can’t get it to select either the Mac or Win 7 partition. Which key is the equivalent of the “option” key on a Mac keyboard? I’ve tried control, alt, control-alt, the Windows logo key, and pretty much every other combination I can think of, and it still boots right into Win without presenting the choice.

Also, when I am in the Win side, it will not install the custom drivers. The native Win drivers work fine EXCEPT THE SHIFT KEY!!!! Fortunately, I only write poetry in the cummings style, so it is not much of a problem.

But, the question of equivalency between the option key on a Mac keyboard and the alt key on a Windows keyboard remains a sticky issue. Does anyone know the reality of what signal is sent????

By: n40k1

n40k1 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +0000

I have a problem, I have but I haven’t at the same time bluetooth.

I installed W7 64bit in my 24″ iMac (no BootCamp), and I saw that I have BT with generic drivers, I installed the Apple BT drivers and I still haven’t the BT tray icon so I can’t search/find the keyboard and mouse…

I tried to install BootCamp and It’s all ok (It’s supposed that BootCamp not offers support for W7 but it works), and I’m exactly in the same point.

This thing is driving me crazy, plz help.

Sorry por my english, I’m a little asleep and I’m spaniard

By: David Brookes

David Brookes — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:33:36 +0000

You are a god of sorts

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:28:06 +0000

You could’ve used your 64 bit version. You just wouldn’t have had the Boot Camp features (Volume/eject pop up, Boot Camp control panel, etc.) It’s no different than installing Windows on a regular PC.

By: wood46

wood46 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:40 +0000

Andrew this solved my problem with Apple wireless mouse & keyboard as well. Thank you very much. I am using SL on my iMac and Boot Camp with Window 7. Works great.

Andrew W

By: Alan H

Alan H — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:54:37 +0000

This solved my problem, many thanks. I installed the x64 version of Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, which I bought about six months ago, using Boot Camp, without any problems – apart from the mighty mouse. I had also installed Snow Leopard.

By: Fenix

Fenix — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:08:58 +0000

@Garrett Thanks for the comment. I’ve found that the bluetooth in windows 7 can be a major pain. Sometimes at the login screen the bluetooth won’t connect and there is nothing you can do but plug in a wired peripheral. Sometimes it requires resetting the bluetooth peripheral completely (unpairing the device and setting it up again) and then it can cause problems when you switch back to OSX. It’s probably more trouble than it’s worth, but I need to be wireless… can’t stand the clutter of cords on my desk!!

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:56:34 +0000

Thanks man, this will be very helpful…. i did the same thing last night with 64bit on my iMac… head ache! unfortunately i only have the bluetooth set up so i need to figure out a way to get these connected without buying a secondary setup