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Looking for a Bluetooth keyboard that will work with Windows and Mac OSX
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May 20, 2007, 10:28 AM
 
Hi i am looking for a Bluetooth keyboard that will work with Mac OSX and Windows XP. I have a PPC and a Mini PC.

I already own a wireless Apple bluetooth keyboard but i cannot get my keyboard to work with Windows XP so it looks like I need to start looking for something that will work.

I used to own a Intel Mac and i had Bootcamp on there and i could get my keyboard to work in XP quite easily as i had the Apple drivers installed but now i cannot.

I am using a Trust bluetooth dongle that uses the Windcomm chipset. Do you think that it could be my bluetooth driver that is causing this issue? I have been able to sync everything else that i needed including my laptop.
My PC recognises the keyboard but it will not allow me to pair with it.

I have seen the Microsoft for Mac keyboard but i am not sure if that will work in XP a well.

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May 26, 2007, 05:14 PM
 
I got this working in the end. I bought the DBT-120 D-Link bluetooth and i got that delivered today i was using a Trust BT-2210TP BT 2.0 dongle before.

I had problems getting the D-Link dongle to work when i installed the D-link drivers but then i uninstalled those and just used the MS Bluetooth stack and it picked up my keyboard for me and i selected it to give me a password and it worked for me.

Maybe it would have worked with the Trust dongle as well if i had just used the MS built in Bluetooth stack i don't know. I have read very good things about the D-Link bluetooth dongle and that was why i bought it. This dongle is a Mac/Windows compatible USB bluetooth adapter.

I am pleased that i can hold onto my keyboard now.
     
   
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