Cant get bluetooth device to wake computer

Hi, i have winows xp on my macbook. Im using an external monitor with the laptop lid closed. So i was wondering if there was a way to wake the laptop up from hybernation by using my external keyboard and/or mouse. As at the moment i have to open the laptop lid and use the track pad untill it starts up and recognises the bluetooth devices again. I can get it to work flawlessly in OS X, just not in XP.
so can anyone help me an tell me how i can get my wireless bluetooth mouse to wake windows xp?
Thanks.

Same problem here. Mac OS has an option to wake on bluetooth devices, but windows doesn't seem to have such an option. There is a Microsoft Knowledge Base article about this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266283
that describes the solution as
"To resolve this issue, see the documentation that is included with your computer. Alternatively, contact your computer manufacturer for information about how to configure the BIOS. "
In other words, there would need to be a BIOS setting in boot camp that would allow the Bluetooth receiver to be active in the sleep state, just as there is in Mac OS. Maybe there is such a setting, but I haven't yet found it. I'll keep looking.

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