wireless keyboard not connecting to windows 10

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wireless keyboard not connecting to windows 10

I installed windows 10 with bootcamp on a late 2013 iMac. I am unable to get it to use my wireless trackpad and wireless keyboard. Some how it is reading my old magic mouse and that seems to work okay. It reads a bluetooth device is trying to connect, but I just can't get the devices to work with windows 10. What can I do to fix this issue?

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), Other OS, OSX beta, Windows 10

Posted on Aug 2, 2015 3:28 AM

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William Roberths

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Aug 2, 2015 9:24 AM in response to JWasyl

I just had this same problem. Here's how I fixed it:

In Windows 10's bluetooth settings (can be found in system tray), click on the icon and then click "Add Bluetooth Device".
Then, on the Apple Wireless Keyboard, hold down Command + W, while Windows is searching for bluetooth devices.
Then (hopefully) after it finds your Keyboard, it will want to pair with it. Follow the on screen prompts and eventually you will have to type in a pairing code.
Type in this code and hit Return.
Your Keyboard should successfully pair with Windows 10 via the Mac's Bluetooth

Hope this helps you out.

Will

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Jun 7, 2016 2:30 PM in response to William Roberths

I'm able to get my Bluetooth Apple Keyboard and mouse to connect and work in Windows 10, but I have 1 issues.

1st Every time I reboot Windows 10 I lose the connection and have to re-pair them.

2nd They do not work before you get into the actual OS (either Mac or Windows).

I have a dual booth system set up with Boot Camp and when I hold the option key to choose what OS I want to booth into the Bluetooth mouse does not work.

It makes it very hard to choose an OS to boot to.

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Nov 16, 2017 12:00 PM in response to Sacohen9665

To get my Apple bluetooth keyboard (older three-AA battery generation) to work with Windows 10, I followed

the instructions in the following link. What it adds to the instructions above 1) are steps to remove the actual device driver for the wireless keyboard using Device Manager and then rebooting (use advanced device uninstall which gives you the driver removal option), and 2) the warning that Windows bluetooth pairing of Apple keyboard is almost futile and you need to be very persistent. After following this process, my keyboard remains paired in Windows after reboot and I can use it to enter my password. But because the Apple drivers are now not installed for the keyboard under Windows, I cannot CTRL-ALT-DEL for logon from the wireless keyboard -- I can live with doing that on the laptop keyboard, but that doesn't help people with Minis, iMacs, or Pros.

How to fix Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (Windows 10) · GitHub

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