Magic Mouse on Windows 7

There's a knack to doing this.

Is the magic mouse driver installed? If not please install it from here (32bit) or here (64bit) or if you're using BootCamp like me ensure the BootCamp 3.1 update is installed.

When you click add Bluetooth device and it starts searching for Bluetooth devices keep repeatedly clicking the Magic Mouse with your left hand.

Once found continue clicking the MM repeatedly, select the MM on screen and hit enter.

Now any pages that come up about paring should disappear after a few seconds if you keep repeatedly clicking the MM.

When the final screen saying you've successfully added a Bluetooth device appears click finish.

Now you can stop repeatedly clicking the Magic Mouse.

All you have to do now is wait for Windows to assign the appropriate driver to the mouse and Bob's your Uncle.

There may be other ways of accomplishing this but this is the method that always works for me.

Oli

BTW, how many freakin years have I been using Windows to know by now that a reboot solves everything???

I work as a part time IT support manager for a small company and offer technical support to their customers if they need it.

There is a small set list of things you tell them to do before you even start thinking:

Restart;

Reinstall;

Unplug, replug;

Check drivers.

Most of the time number one solves the problem in under 5 minutes and of course that just means I don't have to work as hard for my pay .

As you are new to the forum I thought you might like to know how to mark threads as solved as well as the uses of some of the other buttons.

To the top right of this post you will see 3 icons. An orange (+), a set of scales and a red and white warning triangle.

The orange (+) or blue (-) denotes whether a user is on or offline (orange = on, blue = off).

The scales are used to give rep points; click this button if someone has helped you significantly or solved your queries (only give this to posts that you think really deserve it).

The red and white warning triangle is used to denote either an abusive post OR to mark a thread as solved (just put solved in the box that comes up and the admins or moderators will mark it solved).

I'll mark it solved for you this time.

Oli

I think this tutorial sums it up quite nicely How to access a Mac's files on your PC - File Sharing - Lifehacker (read the first comment too, it tells you the slight differences with Leopard and Snow Leopard).

If you need any help implementing it just ask.

Oli