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- Toronto, Canada. Born in the U.K.
I multi-boot so in order to get the keyboard working across several OS's seamlessly, i.e. without having forever to reinstall them each time, it's vital to install the KB without a passkey, which means I need the old wizard and not this flashy yet very dumbed down Metro interface where I can't see what the heck is happening.
The question is HOW? ;-)
By the way, the mouse doesn't matter as it doesn't use a password. I am starting out on the desktop and right-clicking the Bluetooth icon by the clock, display Bluetooth devices, but as soon as the connect button is pressed this new Metro look kicks in. But if I connect the mouse in 8 then it becomes totally disabled in the other OS's because I can't get the wireless set to Hardware-Based rather than Software-Based.
[DEL]Also how does one put back a missing Bluetooth item in the Control Panel? I see bthprops.cpl is in System32 but for some reason appears nowhere in the CP icons or category view.[/DEL] - that last part was sorted out.
The question is HOW? ;-)
By the way, the mouse doesn't matter as it doesn't use a password. I am starting out on the desktop and right-clicking the Bluetooth icon by the clock, display Bluetooth devices, but as soon as the connect button is pressed this new Metro look kicks in. But if I connect the mouse in 8 then it becomes totally disabled in the other OS's because I can't get the wireless set to Hardware-Based rather than Software-Based.
[DEL]Also how does one put back a missing Bluetooth item in the Control Panel? I see bthprops.cpl is in System32 but for some reason appears nowhere in the CP icons or category view.[/DEL] - that last part was sorted out.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 7 Ult SP1 + Win 10 Pro - (x64)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware® ALX X58
- CPU
- Intel® Core i7-975 Extreme 3.86 GHz 8MB Cache
- Motherboard
- ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Socket 1366 Core i7, Dual Triple Channel DDR3 Mem
- Memory
- 24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
- Graphics Card(s)
- 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner
- Sound Card
- Onboard Soundmax® High definition Sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung XL2370 LED
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080P
- Hard Drives
- 2 X 500gb SATA
1 X 1TB SATA
1 X 3TB external eSATA
(Non-RAID)
- PSU
- Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
- Case
- Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce 3.0 Video Cooling
- Cooling
- Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
- Keyboard
- Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
- Mouse
- Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
- Internet Speed
- 1tbs
- Other Info
- Using non-RAID on purpose as I find it too fussy and temperamental.