Stop Mac Mini looking for keyboard

Hi
I'm using a G4 mac mini as a media centre in my living room running Leopard 10.5.8
The mini is only plugged into my TV via VGA and into my hi-fi via USB interface there are no other peripherals connected.
I use the logitech touch mouse app on my iPhone to control it.
However, every time I boot the mac it starts keyboard setup assistant and asks for a keyboard/mouse. Until I connect a mouse or I VNC from my laptop and cancel it, I won't let me do anything else.
Is there anyway to stop it doing this? It's a bit of a pain to do it every time it starts
Cheers

Hi,
Open System Preferences>Bluetooth>Advanced button... Uncheck "Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant" and select OK.
You may also need to disable the keyboard assistant, especially if your also using a KVM.
Open a Terminal window and type or copy paste the following at the prompt...
cd /System/Library/CoreServices
sudo mv KeyboardSetupAssistant.app/ KeyboardSetupAssistant-OFF.app
http://jcroucher.com/index.php/2010/03/stop-mac-os-from-searching-for-a-keyboard -and-mouse

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