Scott Hanselman posted on packing light. One of his hints talked about using the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 without the dongle since it is Bluetooth enabled. Hmmm. I have that mouse. I have Bluetooth. In the past, everytime I attempted to pair the two together, it wouldn’t work. After messing around with it, I figured out what I messed up on:
- Turn on the mouse
- Press and hold down the connect button until the light flashes an alternate green/red (this is the step I missed).
- Go into Bluetooth devices.
- If the “Mouse” device is not in the list, search for the mouse.
- When it is found, select it.
- Select to not use a passkey.
It should now be setup. Now I can use my external wired keyboard, usb drive for Readyboost, another external HDD for VM’s, plus my favorite mouse.
