Keyboard won't work on my iMac

I was able to get my wireless keyboard to function by plugging in a USB keyboard. Once I was able to log on as a user, clicked on top navigation (Bluetooth) foud keyboard and was able to troubleshoot connection. Hope this information helps.

Hi,
If you unplug/replug the KB after startup, do they work then?

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