Enhanced Performance Wireless Keyboard

I got recently an Enhanced Performance Wireless Keyboard and Mouse with plan to use it with my new ThinkPad W500. Mouse works without problems.
However the keyboard works properly when Language for non-Unicode programs is set to US English. When language changed to Arabic, keyboard loses characters, freezes for several seconds, etc. I tried it with W500 with Vista Business SP1, T41p with XP SP3, and - more interesting - with Dell Latitude D420 with XP SP3. On all those laptops I got identical results. With keyboard language set to Arabic, the Arabic characters do show when typing in Word or Notepad.
However, when connected to my desktop (DELL Optiplex GX520, XP SP3) the keyboard works correctly with US English and Arabic selected as non-Unicode locale.
Keyboard P/N is 41A5219, S/N 00012663.
Tried other wireless keyboard/mouse set (Genius TwinTouch LuxeMate Pro) - it works OK on T41p language independent.
Message Edited by amw on 03-17-2009 10:20 PM
Message Edited by amw on 03-17-2009 10:24 PM
Thinkpad W500 4058-CTO Win 7 x64 Professional

We purchased 10 ThinkPads with the same keyboard and mouse, the keyboard is a bit slow, but the mouse is absolutely horrible, the choppy motion and falling asleep all the time is killing productivity. Has anyone had any success with the fix for this? need help ASAP.

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