Wireless Toys & Games

How can I get the print screen button on my Microsoft wireless keyboard to work?

I recently bought a keyboard and a Microsoft wireless mouse that works fine except the Print Screen key. When I press the clipboard comes up and says "item not collected". The help menu is worthless, as expected. Ideas?


I guess it worked before.

Item not received said that the push is to do something. You can try to reprogram.

But I think there is a protection program that prevents access to the clipboard.

How do I know when to replace the batteries for Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse? (Optical Desktop 4000)?

I just bought Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop 4000 and I want to know how I am supposed to know when the batteries for the mouse and keyboard needs replacing? Is there a signal from the "smart receiver" ?


Something tells me that when the mouse and keyboard no longer work its time to change the batteries.

Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 3000 Review

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Adonit Writer: Taking iPad keyboard cases to a higher level

When I'm working at a desk or a table, I can type fairly well with the iPad's virtual keyboard. If I really want to write extensively, I can use the Apple Wireless Keyboard [link fixed]. However, it's difficult to use either solution to write anything longer than an email when I'm sitting with the iPad on my lap. Plus, carrying the Wireless Keyboard around kind of defeats the portability of the iPad.

When I first saw the Adonit Writer , I knew I had found the solution. The Writer is a gorgeous Bluetooth keyboard, stand, and case hybrid. It's built to be an ultraportable solution for those of us who do a lot of writing on the iPad in many different environments.

Zach Zeliff and Kris Perpich -- formerly from Microsoft and Apple -- had the vision, creativity and dedication to design the Adonit Writer and turn it into the real product I'm typing on right now. The Writer is also another crowdfunded Kickstarter success story; its original goal was to raise US$10,000 to get off the ground, and by the end of the campaign on February 3, it had reached nearly $27,000 .

[Resolved] Microsoft wireless keyboard

Hello Fred, and welcome to the BBS. I have the same keyboard and mouse combo and usually when it starts to skip letters etc. it is time to change the battery. I have never seen any warning come up before it starts to skip. Batteries are cheap so can't hurt to try new ones. You could also check the location of the tx/rx unit in case the signal is being blocked by something.

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