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Apple Wireless Keyboard to Windows 7

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  • 04-10-2012 2:13pm
    #1
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    My Windows 7 machine cannot find my new Apple wireless keyboard. I have turned the device on and am able to pair it with my iPhone but not PC.

    How do I check if my machine is bluetooth enabled? If it's not, is there any way I can use my new device?

    Walrus


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    #2
    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Check for a Bluetooth device in Device Manager and the System tray.

    If there isn't, just get a Bluetooth USB dongle. You can get a cheap one on eBay or wherever else for a few euro.


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    #3
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    EarthlyPangaea wrote: »
    Check for a Bluetooth device in Device Manager and the System tray.

    If there isn't, just get a Bluetooth USB dongle. You can get a cheap one on eBay or wherever else for a few euro.

    mmm, so I should really have bought a wired keyboard in that case. The dongle seems more hassle and expense.


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    #4
    another question
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭another question


    Just an idea and presuming you bought it from apple directly, why don't you exchange it for a wired one? You get a numberpad aswell and its €20 cheaper.


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    #5
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    another question wrote: »
    Just an idea and presuming you bought it from apple directly, why don't you exchange it for a wired one? You get a numberpad aswell and its €20 cheaper.

    I never use the number pad on my current keyboard and I liked the flexibility of the wireless but it looks like I'll have to get a wired one.

    So apart from buying a dongle, there's no other way to get bluetooth on my Windows (or even confirm that I don't have it already)?


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    #6
    Logical_Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Logical_Bear


    most laptops have bluetooth if its a desktop more than likely it doesnt


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    #7
    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    iIezS.png

    Is there an entry like this in Device Manager?


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    #8
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    EarthlyPangaea wrote: »

    Is there an entry like this in Device Manager?

    Nope :(


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Micro BT USB adapter, 16 yoyos here.

    Then follow these instructions to pair the keyboard.


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    #10
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    Torqay wrote: »
    Micro BT USB adapter, 16 yoyos here.

    Then follow these instructions to pair the keyboard.

    Thanks but I think I'll buy a wired one. The extra hardware and expense lessens the advantages of the wireless.


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    #11
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    Yea, think I should return. Thanks for all replies.


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    yoyo
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    Try updating the bluetooth drivers for the Dell. There were known issues with some of them Dell shipped machines with pairing devices, well worth a shot.

    Nick

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    #13
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    yoyo wrote: »
    Try updating the bluetooth drivers for the Dell.

    But there is no Bluetooth adapter... :confused:


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    If ye're talking about this post, the OP wasn't sure whether they had BT or not on their machine, so I posted an example for what they should have been looking for - that's a screenshot from my laptop.


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    EarthlyPangaea wrote: »
    If ye're talking about this post, the OP wasn't sure whether they had BT or not on their machine, so I posted an example for what they should have been looking for - that's a screenshot from my laptop.

    Well, if there is no BT entry in the device manager, then chances are there is no BT adapter installed. And the OP is talking about a PC, BT adapters are not really common in desktops. Also, the OP didn't say it was a Dell computer. ;)


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    #16
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Torqay wrote: »
    But there is no Bluetooth adapter... :confused:

    Sorry, I glanced at EarthlyPangaeas screenshot and assumed it was the op

    Nick

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    marco_polo
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    IamtheWalrus wrote: »
    Yea, think I should return. Thanks for all replies.

    Before you do this guy on adverts is selling adapters for 4 quid. Probably won't cost much more than sending it back. :)

    http://www.adverts.ie/cables/mini-bluetooth-2-0-adapter-dongle/2164807


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    #18
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    I decided to return it and bought a wired keyboard. It's great.

    Thanks for all your input.


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