Using an Apple Wireless Keyboard with a Windows PC

Hey,
I know that this has been posted up before but i have read through the threads and followed the various instructions and i am still not getting any results.
I am using a Belkin USB Bluetooth device (Model F8T013) and when it all seems like it's going to work until i get to the "Bluetooth pair procedure" where it tells me to "Type the following digits and press the Enter key" but doesn't show any digits or allow me to type anything in the box anyway.
The keyboard is one of the new aluminum wireless keyboards and the PC i am trying to connect to is of a high spec and is running Windows XP.
If anyone could give me any help on this one, it would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Okay i've tried the keyboard out on a few XP SP2 machines and it works fine, it seems i only have a problem when it come to using the keyboard on a PC with Windows Media Center, I tried it out on 2 different media center PCs and it failed on both.
Has anyone got any hints to get the keyboard working on a PC with Media Center on?
Once again any help is appreciated!

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