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Q: apple wireless keyboard   win 10/x64

I run a mid 2013 MBA plus cinema display plus apple wireless keyboard (model A1255). This constellation worked fine both under MacOS (currently 10.11.5) and bootcamp win 7-64. Recently, the system began to "forget" about the wireless keyboard, which could be re-connected, sometimes automatically (after deleting all the drivers and reinstalling them (which, incidentally, even resulted in a windows blue screen which was recoverable from by simple rebooting)) and sometimes manually by keying in the automatically generated code number.

 

In view of the availability of win 10/x64, I decided to upgrade. Everything runs fine now, but the wireless keyboard is not connectable at all any longer.

 

Right after installation of win 10 via the official bootcamp routines, I got a notification about a faulty driver. Still, the system offered me even a keycode to connect to the wireless keyboard, but did not give me enough time to key that code actually in. Thereafter, I got stuck at the point where the keyboard is reported as coupled, but upon trying to actually connect it the window for keying in a code pops up (with no code generated automatically) and at that point all attempts fail (i.e. "0000" "000000" etc.).

 

I uninstalled the keyboard drivers and put in those from earlier bootcamp versions - no change. The bootcamp I used is 6.0.6136. I also uninstalled the bluetooth drivers - no blue screen with win 10, but otherwise unsuccessful as before.

 

I wonder whether the keyboard driver is relevant here at all - perhaps this is the driver for the on-board-keyboard of the MBA? In any case there this just ONE keyboard driver in the device manager listed, not two, as one would expect. It also could be that the bluetooth drivers are not compatible although they work fine with the wireless magic mouse and other bluetooth items. I also note that a driver shows up under bluetooth drivers for that mouse - but there never was something like "Apple Wireless Keyboard Driver".

 

Help, Apple! I need that keyboard!

Posted on May 19, 2016 5:44 AM

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  • by sev-engel,

    sev-engel sev-engel Jun 20, 2016 8:43 AM in response to Loner T
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    Jun 20, 2016 8:43 AM in response to Loner T

    Win10 undoubtedly is the best OS MS ever issued. I had to work with/suffer from win95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, and 7 and 10 clearly is best. Probably it was developed somewhere else - that can't be a genuine MS product. ;-)

     

    I work in a noisy environment - if I hook up my time machine to my MBA or check for BT items I get tons of possible servers, wlan, lan and bt.

     

    I NEVER EVER experienced dropouts - neither under win7 nor under 10. Given the fact, that we are talking about an Apple machine here, which certainly was not developed to run windows, one must say that all things work impressively fine under both MacOS AND Win 10/x64. All, but one, that is. Still it is an added bonus to have the possibility of alternative boot and certainly Apple has recognized this potential - otherwise they would not have considered the bootcamp solution.

     

    They then should go to the very end and make sure that ALL things work fine. Mind you: Last year, they forgot to certify the drivers. Then you had to go thru quite some tricks to get your bootcamp 7 to run. So mistakes do occur - like with everybody. Time for correction now!

     

    And yes, the external Apple USB keyboard works fine under win10, at least on my MBA/mid2013. I do not consider, btw, "my situation" that special. With standard PC's/Notebooks etc. you get a plethora of hardware combinations which must be handled properly by the respective drivers. This undoubtedly is a challenge for all parties involved.

     

    With Apple, you have given hardware configurations which cannot be changed. This should make things a lot easier. Unless you are sloppy with your programming, in times...

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