Keyboard freezes safari when number pad is used...

The keyboard that came with my G5 has suddenly started freezing my computer safari whenever is use the keypad to enter numbers. I can use the numbers along the top of the keyboard no problem, but when I use the keypad, safari stops functioning. I then have to force quit safari and re-start it and all is fine again. Until I hit the numbers again. Which I try to avoid but when I am moving along nicely, by habit I use the keypad. Has anyone encountered this problem and solved it? Help???
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You may have hit the Option key five times and turned on Mouse Keys. When it is on, Keypad-0 will lock the mouse down. You can turn it off, and disable the quintuple Option, in the "Mouse" pane of "Universal Access" System Preference.

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