Bluetooth Mighty Mouse won't pair in Windows 7

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Hi all,

I have just moved from XP to windows 7 on my Bootcamp partition and can't get my macbook to pair with the Mighty mouse. I've had a quick search and couldn't see anything on this problem, apologies if there is already a thread on it.

I open the bluetooth devices tab, go to add a device, and my mighty mouse is there. But when I click on the mouse and then click next, nothing happens. It just seems it won't pair.

Anybody had this problem and solved it?

Thanks in advance.
Stef

To add... I also appear to have no audio output - from my macbook speakers.
 

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First thing to try is insert your OS X install DVD while Windows 7 is up and running. Go to "My Computer", open the DVD and double click on "setup.exe" to install - reinstall Windows drivers. You didn't say which OS X you're using but unless you have Snow Leopard, you may have difficulty getting the correct drivers for sound and blue tooth.

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Ah, thanks chcsag, I'm still on leopard. Maybe its time for the upgrade to SL now! I've managed to blag a wired mouse off a friend for the time being but will try reinstalling the windows drivers and report back and let you know what happens.
 
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Hi all again,

I have upgraded to SL, and am fully up to date on the apple side of things, I still can't sort out windows. Inserting my osx disc in my macbook only brings up "setup.exe" on the window that comes up immediately. In computer I have 'windowsSupport'.

Double clicking on this gives me 2 options for remote install of OSX onto a macbook air, and dvd drive sharing for use with a macbook air on my network. Nothing about windows drivers.

Have I missed something here? I couldn't find anything on the apple website either, drivers wise.
 
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LOL... Had the same problem under XP, Vista.

You can do it manually. But it is easier if you have a USB mouse, navigate all the way to were you setup the Bluetooth mouse, set it up. Reboot. (Use the Windows Bluetooth panel.)

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Coolknight
 

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