Passkey for Microsoft keyboard?

Does anybody know what the default passkey is for a Microsoft Keyboard Elite for Bluetooth is?
I'm talking about the pairing passkey, not the one that is self-generated.
I tried 0000. no luck.
thanks.

I don't think there is a default for the keyboard. The connection software establishes a pairing key which you must type in via the keyboard.
I think the mouse will use a default of 0000 if your software asks for it.

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I'd like to give credit to the person who first discovered this, but having found the same text in numerous places, I can't single out the origin.
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I've looked numerous times, also. Must have gotten the right keywords this time.
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gave you credit and pointed back to this for ya. great guy.
Thanks! I hadn't seen that site before. Looks like a person could spend days there. I'll have to bookmark that one.
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