Boot camp, does not recognise wireless mouse and keyboard

I have installed windows 4 times, after the installation the wireless keyboard and mouse stop responding! I guess lots of people have had this problem but I cannot see any solution! If I buy a USB mouse would it work?

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
the problems with wireless keyboads/mouse and BootCamp Windows are well known.
The problem seem to be that the pairing of the keyboard/mouse with the Mac seems to be randomly forgotten by Windows.
An official statement and/or solution from Apple is yet to be seen.
I assume that you did install the Windows Drivers from the OSX DVD, right ?
Personally I have never used wireless keyboards/mouse, not even in my PC-heydays.
Right now I use the Apple USb-keyboard and a Logitech USB-Mouse.
Sorry for not better answer.
Regards
Stefan

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