Getting the keyboard working on a MacBook under Windows XP x64
- by Theran
Despite Windows XP Professional x64's unsupported status on MacBooks (model A1181), I've managed to get most of the hardware working by manually installing either the drivers on the OS X Snow Leopard CD, or finding the appropriate drivers online. However, even after installing the Apple keyboard driver from the CD, I can't get Windows to actually use the special driver. Instead, the keyboard just shows up as a generic USB keyboard, with non-functioning Fn and other special keys. Being unable to generate a right-click or Ctrl-Alt-Del makes Windows a bit of a challenge to use.
I've tried:
uninstalling and reinstalling the keyboard driver
removing the keyboard under device manager and letting Windows re-detect it
using device manager to manually update the driver
How do I get the special functions of the MacBook keyboard working under XP x64?