MS Intelli Explorer Bluetooth Mouse needs to be setup everytime

I bought MS intelli explorer bluetooth mouse. This is my first bluetooth mouse. Everytime I start up my imac, I have to setup/locate the mouse. This is very annoying as I have to plug in another mouse to navigate to discover the bluetooth mouse. Isnt the OS supposed to detec the hardware while booting up or something like that?
Is there a way to overcome this? I have even setup my ms mouse as "favorite" in the bluetooth preference. I move the mouse around few seconds before the OS starts hoping it wake the mouse from sleep or activate the bluetooth signal.
Any suggestion? Thanks in advace
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Make sure you have the latest Apple Bluetooth Firmware and latest Mac OS X updates installed. This was a common problem earlier – would wonder me if it reappears in Mac OS X v10.4.4.

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