Wireless keyboard installation (pairing) not working

Hi,
I just bought a wireless apple keyboard. I now want to pair it with my MacBook Pro. If I turn the keyboard on, no wizard window appears at first. The green light on the keyboard blinks. If I start the installation wizard manually (from the Bluetooth pane in the System prefs) the MacBook Pro recognizes the keyboard. I click on Next and I see a big bold number and a text which says I have to enter this number to pair the keyboard. But there is nothing where I can enter this number. After 20 seconds I see a red message telling me that the keyboard could not be connected and that I have to verify if it's in distance and turned on???
My OS is up-to-date, the batteries are new, the keyboard is in distance and turned on. What now?
Funny thing is that it works perfectly on the VISTA partition :S
Help

Hello,
Thanks for the reply. It seams that the mouse is the problem. I'm using the Wireless Optical Notebook Mouse from Microsoft with my MacBook Pro. If I don't connect this mouse in OSX, I can pair the keyboard without any problems. Now I'm switching back to a cable mouse.

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