Bluetooth in Windows 7

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Bluetooth in Windows 7

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my rMBP. I can connect my Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and they work just fine. However, when I shut down or put the computer to sleep, my keyboard and mouse do not work when booted back into Windows. The only solution I've found is going into the control panel and removing both Bluetooth devices, and then resyncing them again. Am I missing something here? Shouldn't these automatically reconnect? Maybe bad Bluetooth drivers in Bootcamp?

Any thoughts would be great!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion, 16 MB option

Posted on Jan 18, 2013 7:24 AM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Jan 18, 2013 9:02 AM in response to noiseordinance

did you use bootcamp option in osx to make a windows driver cd ?

if you don't a lot of things will not work very well

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Answer 2

Jan 18, 2013 9:30 AM in response to Rudegar

Yes, I created the Windows driver CD and all installed without a hitch. I have no problem making bluetooth work initially. I'm just not sure how I'm supposed to re-pair devices after reboot / shut down / sleep.

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Answer 3

Jan 19, 2013 9:05 AM in response to noiseordinance

Ok, after a few hours of troubleshooting, the problem is with the crappy Bootcamp drivers supplied by Apple. If anyone stumbles upon this, I can verify that these two threads will get Bluetooth working correctly on a 2012 15" rMBP:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3755904

http://linkopia.blogspot.com/2009/05...n-xp-boot.html

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