Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 7. I see you have been on the Microsoft Forums, so you have seen the links to drivers for your device and I assume you are trying those. On one page the votes on whether the device is compatible with Windows 8 shows 3 out of 1. The Device Model you show seems to be for the Keyboard only, do you know the designation of the Keyboard and Mouse combination? Microsoft shows that no drivers are necessary. If the unit is older, it may only have certain abilities. The final release of Windows 8 did add some requirements the Pre- releases did not have.
Perhaps your system got caught in that change. Or you might try installing the driver in Windows 7 compatibility mode. Your comments about the devices working for a short time after the Install of Windows 8 seems to indicate, as you probably suspect, another driver was loaded and is causing problems.
You can turn off automatic hardware driver updates using the Advanced System settings and the Hardware tab. The Device Installation Settings should stop updates for testing.
But I am in Windows 7 now, so I will have to see if Windows 8 has the same options. What does the device manager say about your keyboard.
Thank you very much for the response The gadget is a combo of KB and Mouse with its on USB antenna. If I update the driver from the devise manager the result is 'driver was updated, but with errors. I think I should re-install the whole lot, from Windows to all. Troubleshooting Your Microsoft Wireless Mouse 700 (V2.0) written by: Austin•edited by: Simon Hill•updated: 7/12/2011. In the case of a Microsoft Wireless Mouse 700 problem, updating the drivers is easy: - Right click on 'My Computer' and select - Go over.
Hello, I just purchased a Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700 v2.0 combo for myWindows 7 x64, that is a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 700 v2.0 and a Wireless Mouse 700 v2. How to Connect the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 700 to its receiver.
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