Boot Camp 3.0 bluetooth

Im having troubles trying to get my bluetooth keyboard and mouse to pair. After 3 long days of fighting with getting Vista Home Premium installed on my late 2006 iMac 20", I finally got it running. Now, I am having problems with getting the wireless keyboard (older white/clear model, before slim aluminum) and my new magic mouse to pair up with windows. Bluetooth settings in windows sees both keyboard and mouse, but when I click on either to pair, it just sits there and does nothing. Any advice on what to do next? Don't want to wait a month for any other Boot Camp updates to come, want to get rid of the clutter from installing with USB items.
Thanks in advance
Ryan

GOT IT! Here is what worked:
First, figured the mouse out after reading on some other forums. You need to remove it from Mac OSX devices first, and then boot back up in boot camp with a USB mouse connected. You then will be able to pair successfully in windows under normal bluetooth pairing procedure.
Second, the keyboard took a few more days, and finally figured out from another thread on here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2057008&tstart=0
You need to remove it from Mac OSX, just like the mouse. Then boot back up in windows with a USB keyboard connected. Have device turned off and click add device. Turn it on and it will appear in the devices to add. Click add, and while it is trying to pair up, type whatever code you want to have (it wont appear on the screen, just type in 1234 and enter). Once you click enter, it will ask for a code. Type in the code, and push enter and voila! it works!

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