Magic Mouse disconnecting on Windows 7

So I bought the Magic Mouse a couple of days ago for my Dell Inspiron running Windows 7 64bit and I'm experiencing some problems.
Now I know that officially the mouse only works with Macs, but I loved it so much that I just decided to buy it already and see if I can somehow make it work. Looking back, I realize it was somewhat foolish on my part. But still, it's here and it's paid for.
Anyway, it paired just fine with my BT dongle (with a 0000 key), Windows automatically installed some drivers, and I installed one found on the internet.
Basically, it works as any normal mouse would, vertical scrolling and right|left click, with none of those 'special' features. I don't care about that tho, what bothers me is that it keeps freezing, or disconnecting, not sure what the right term is, every now and then. It just stops moving the cursor. I tried to time it, but once it disconnected after 20 min and the next after 5. I've been trying to make it work all day and it disconnected many, many times. Sometimes, it comes back after manually turning it off and then on again, other times, it takes up to 30 min.
I tried a number of things, updating the Bluetooth drivers, Windows tells me they are all up to date, restarting and switching off the PC, moving the dongle around, deleting and then pairing the mouse again. I even checked the power options, there was nothing related to the mouse there.
Any help would be appreciated.

I am in the exact same situation after foolishly purchasing the mouse, and have installed the drivers to allow the basic functionality to work with Windows 7. Just as in your case the mouse freezes every once and a while, usually after it has not been used for at least 30 seconds or so. I have tried all the same steps and have not yet been able to fix the issue.
Are there others out there, that are also experiencing this and are there any ideas what can be done to fix it?

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