Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000

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Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000

I have read read many reports and can not find the definitive answer if this mouse works under BootCamp with XP. I have read it is great:

http://forums.macworld.com/message/672586

and other who have stated this does not work at all. LIKE HERE.

Any advise would be great because I do not care for the Mighty Mouse. I am an Apply Fan, but have never really cared from any Apple mice. I am currently using a Microsoft 3000 with my MacBook Pro, but with everyone around me using the same 3000 version we are starting to have connectivity issue. Lately one will over power the other. I was hoping the BlueTooth would fix this and with the 5000 having the same feel I was hoping it would work under both systems (Mac OX/BootCamp XP)

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 16, 2008 6:29 PM

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Randy Ramey Author

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Nov 22, 2008 1:06 PM in response to Randy Ramey

I am using the Microsoft BT Mouse 5000 and it works great in Mac X and XP under BootCamp.

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Dec 23, 2008 9:41 PM in response to Randy Ramey

I second that.

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Dec 30, 2008 2:19 PM in response to Randy Ramey

i am trying to get this same mouse to work with Vista XP1 under boot camp. Every other aspect of the experience has been flawlss--i dont have a single complaint. but i see that vista doesnt have a My Bluetooth places like it would have in XP--and considering that the new macbook pros have bluetooth in them and that the bootcamp drivers should have installed with the cd during the bootcamp installation--i find that weird. any workaround?

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Dec 31, 2008 2:37 AM in response to Randy Ramey

Ok, so to piggy back on what i previously said. I managed to fix/discover how to get the bluetooth icon to appear in the tray, but even after asking it to search for the bluetooth mouse it reports that it cannot find anything. Of course, i have the mouse in discovery mode, and this mouse still works in Mac OSX. This is all with Vista SP1 Boot Camp. Anyone?

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Jan 1, 2009 3:37 PM in response to FireBert85

I noticed that if you hold the button under the mouse for 3-5 seconds then let it go and press it again it discovers it faster...That works on xp but I dont know about vista! Just a suggestion

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Jan 1, 2009 7:40 PM in response to The red bandit

no go, thanks for advice though. im thinkin its gotta be drivers or something because i got the bluetooth on my PC desktop to see the mouse right away.

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willij

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Mar 15, 2009 10:48 PM in response to Randy Ramey

I have a Macbook (aluminum) and I can't get it to recognize my microsoft bluetooth notebook mouse 5000. My iMac recognizes it fine. I even was able to enable sharing between my iMac and macbook using bluetooth. So it can't be the bluetooth in my macbook. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can get my macbook to recognize my mouse? Thanks

Update - I got it to work. I had to hold the button on the mouse in for a while. Funny, I did not have to do that for my iMac to see it. But it works now and I am a happy man.

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