The driver situation with Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboards and Windows 10 is horrible, even with the latest BootCamp drivers. Fortunately, a workaround is available, if you're patient.
- Turn on the keyboard.
- Press and hold
Command + wuntil the keyboard light begins blinking, indicating the keyboard is ready to pair. - Use Windows Bluetooth settings to pair the keyboard, entering the same code (e.g.
123456 Enter) on both internal and external keyboards.
Pairing the keyboard is very trial and error. 9/10 times, Windows will complain that the keyboard is not available for pairing. Just keep trying.
Finally, once the keyboard does pair, Windows will complain with a status Driver error.
- Launch
Device Manager, such as from the Start menu. - Identify the offending device, marked by a yellow warning triangle.
- Remove the device and uninstall the driver.
- Reboot.
Unpair and re-pair the keyboard, will probably take 20 more attempts.
Once the keyboard has paired, after uninstalling the keyboard driver, you can check whether the keyboard is finally fully connected, by pressing the Command (Start) button, etc.
(West Cork Ireland 29th April 2020) I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE FOR THE SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS. My difficulty with my Apple Bluetooth Keyboard connecting to my Windows 10 computer started yesterday. By this morning I was almost depressed at my difficulty. I worried for a while that the suggestion to try again and again was nonsense. On about 3 occasions I gave up. But then I tired one more time and altered my practice in line with a suggestion above. I entered the code 123123 on the computer and pressed connected BEFORE entering the code 123123 on the keyboard and pressing enter and suddenly it worked. It was like magic. So in those circumstances I felt I had to thank people for their suggestions and to - as it were - try to give hope to people not to give up. Because if you like me find the feel of the Apple keyboard very pleasant to use, you do not want to give it up lightly.