Boot camp side wont recognize apple wireless keyboard

I have a base 2013 imac 21.5 inch.
Had windows partition for a couple months now. Suddenly it doesnt reeckognize my apple wireless keyboard. Mac side reckognzes it but windows doesnt.

After browsing some Windows fora, I went to look at the Log On tab of the Bluetooth Support Service Properties (Services page in the Computer Management utility). The hypothesis was that that service was being denied access to some resource. I ended up just fiddling, but to my amazement it fixed the problem.
Here's the essence of my fiddling:
+ I tried stopping and restarting the service logging on as a Local System account - no luck.
+ Then I tried with my Administrator account - no luck.
+ So I wanted to restore the original account - "NT Authority\SYSTEM" - but woe unto me, I didn't know the password! (apparently no one does for this super-account.) But if you leave the password fields empty, the service starts - oof!
And now, all of a sudden, my keyboard has started working.
So I would suggest that in a similar situation, one should:
+ stop the Bluetooth Support Service,
+ make sure the log-on account is NT Authority\SYSTEM,
+ clear the password fields, and
+ restart the service.
May the Force be with you.

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