How to use the Apple Wireless Keyboard on Windows

I am a big fan of Apple hardware, but not so much of Mac OS. Therefore, my primary workstation runs Windows. However, as I want the best of both worlds, I use the Apple Wireless Keyboard with my Dell Precision PC.

Using any generic Bluetooth adapter, we're able to pair the keyboard with Windows and use it immediately.

The first and most annoying problem we notice is that the delete key won't work as a "normal" Del key of PC keyboards. It works as the Backspace key. The other problem is that we can't use the Multimedia controls that are concatenated with the Function keys.

If you've ever used Windows on Apple hardware with their native tool Bootcamp, you know that Apple solved the problems described above by giving users the option to use the fn key together with the delete and Function keys to emulate the Del and Function keys to which PC users are accustomed.

As Apple does not separately provide the Windows device drivers bundled in Bootcamp when you purchase their devices, the solution resides in hacking.

The nice folks at the InsanelyMac forum have put together detailed instructions:

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Burn or mount the Bootcamp_Driver_3.0.iso
Go to Folder "Boot Camp" > "Drivers" > "Apple" then copy "BootCamp64.msi" to your desktop.
In the folder "x64" copy the file "AppleKeyboardInstallerx64.exe" to the desktop too.
Extract "AppleKeyboardInstallerx64.exe" with your archive packer of choice.
You can remove the disk or image now.
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Make sure the extracted "AppleKeyboardInstaller64" directory and "BootCamp64.msi" file from my archive are both on the desktop.
When it's done run the file "DPInst.exe"
Note, that the keyboard special keys will not work yet.
After that, search you need to run "BootCamp.msi" as administrator:
1. You need to open cmd as administrator ("start menu" > "all programs" > accessories > "command prompt" then right click "run as administrator")
In the command prompt, go to your desktop (cd /Users/*your users' name*/Desktop).
Then type "BootCamp.msi".
When the install is finish, reboot and it's ok!
***Note***
1. After install and restart type "msconfig" (without quotes) in the start menu and remove "boot camp" entry from the "Startup items", because it is not necessary and just
delays start-up procedure.
2. Stop and disable following services (type "services" in the start menu):
- Apple OS Switch Manager
- Apple Time Service
2. To change the fn-key behavior (to default F1-F12 and not to fn+F1 - fn+F12):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\KeyMagic\OSXFnBehavior
Change the value to REG_DWORD and value zero.

If you choose to obtain the files from their site, you will need to register.

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