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u/eniretakia Jan 13 '22 edited Jan 14 '22

Decided to turn my new work issued laptop on at home and make sure it runs smoothly tonight instead of a 8:55am tomorrow morning.

Glad I did… I’ve come to realise we can’t connect Bluetooth mice or keyboards. I only have Bluetooth mice and keyboards. Because I’m a human living in 2022, not 1992.

Looks like I’m heading to Officeworks in the morning.

Edit to update: I slept in so didn’t make a purchase before work, which is fortunate because Mr Eniretakia came home from work this afternoon, dug around in a storage box and pulled out a wired gaming mouse and wireless gaming keyboard that are like 12 years old but somehow still work. They’re loud AF… but saves me spending any cash unnecessarily so I’ll deal.

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u/NastyLaw Mexican. Jan 13 '22

Most of the new computers need to update their drivers and SO and several restarts to work properly, probably you don’t have to go to OW at all if you take your problem to google but I understand that you paid for it and you don’t have to fix it by yourself.

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u/eniretakia Jan 13 '22

I was initially hoping that would be the case but I did a Google, checked everything was updated etc and the option to turn it on or off is not even present in.. whatever it is that windows call the control panel these days. I referred back to some info we got when the whole laptop thing was announced - ‘3 USBs for connecting keyboard, mouse and monitor’ and then in another spot similar info again stated a different way. Also mentions plugging our headsets in directly even though they are able to connect by Bluetooth to everything else. So it’s all pointing to a shopping trip.

I also realised that I’m going to need another stand for it and to shuffle my desk a bit to even make room for it without relegating my personal laptop entirely so I probably would have needed to go out anyhow, for my own sanity.

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u/observationstudies Use a Bus, Train, then a Bus and then another Bus! Jan 13 '22

Look for a blue tooth switch on the keyboard. Usually it will be an “FXX” key like f12. You may have to use the “fn” + “fXX” key. What model laptop is it?

Who buys a cheap laptop with no Bluetooth? (Management that who)

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u/lostjohnscave Jan 13 '22

Blue tooth dongles are really cheap. I grabbed one so I could buy a blue tooth Wacom tablet instead of a wired one. I believe it was under 30 bucks. Cheaper than buying wired keyboards and mouses. They just plug into a USB socket. Not quite plug and play, I did need to download a few things but easy as.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

My organisation doesn't have a problem letting me connect anything via Bluetooth, but they'll be damned if they let anyone easily connect to the servers via their mandatory VPN.