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The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 is a 2006-era hybrid device that functions as both a compact notebook mouse and a presentation tool. A known issue involves its Bluetooth name encoding, which uses a non-standard character format that Windows treats as invalid. Microsoft addressed this with a targeted workaround in the Bluetooth stack, using a compatibility table to correct the name. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover this fix and related troubleshooting for the Presenter Mouse 8000, including driver and connectivity topics. The tag is relevant for users seeking solutions to Bluetooth pairing or naming problems with this specific legacy device.
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    Windows Fixes 2006 Bluetooth Name Encoding for Presenter Mouse 8000

    Windows engineers quietly keep a short, secretive compatibility table inside the Bluetooth stack to fix one particularly stubborn relic: the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 — a 2006-era device that shipped its Bluetooth name using the wrong character encoding and forced Windows...
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