Lock wireless keyboard

Is it possible to lock the wireless keyboard?
I don't want accidental keyhits activate the computer, or shut it down as the housekeeper did today.
Thanks for your help

Hi there,
If you are using sleep mode then just switch wireless keyboard off, hold power button, green light comes on, keep holding until it switches off, also saves the battery!

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Hi:
I wish my suggestion had gotten you further.
I do suggest you try to connect the keyboard again. The request for a number is a step in it trying to pair. If it gets by the number, it sometimes takes a little while to get connected. If you are unable to get it connected and want a new one, I have been using Apple Bluetooth keyboards for years - and I like them. The one I have (the newest model) only uses two batteries and is very thin.
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I am far from an iPad "expert," although I have one. If my suggestion below does not help, post your question in a separate thread in the iPad forum.
I had a terrible time syncing my iCal on my Mac with my iPad iCal (confusing - hopefully it makes sense). I quit using iCloud as that added to the confusion. There is a facility to one-time sync items. When you connect your computer to your iPad, iTunes opens. The system begins a process (automatic backup and so on). After it finishes, you can click on "info." At the bottom of the screen, there is an advanced section. You can select any of the items and then force it to sync. The iCal information from your computer would be deposited on the iPad.
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Hi all.
New to the forum, please pardon if this topic has been covered, although I could not find any related threads.
I have a new style flat panel imac with the wireless keyboard and mighty mouse. If I leave the computer on for a length of time (say a half hour or more) with no activity the cap lock goes on by itself and will not go off, I have to shut down and restart the computer. Has anyone else had or heard of this problem? Any solutions to fix it? I would just buy another keyboard if that's the issue, but I would hate to plug in a replacement only to have the same thing happening.

Hi again all.
Well, I haven't had much response to my original post, I have just been shutting down the computer every 30 min or so as the problem happens. I went ahead and replaced my wireless keyboard hoping that would fix the problem, but if anything it's gotten worse since the new keyboard has come in the house. There doesn't seem to be an inactivity period now, the caps just lock intermittently by themselves for no apparent reason. The light does not go on on the keyboard, the caps just activate with no stimulus, as far as I can determine.
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The recent versions of Mac OS X combined with current MacBook or Apple Wireless Keyboards do not support NumLock function.
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Sorry...I sometimes "assume" things...dumb on my part
PRAM=Parameter Random Access Memory - reset like this: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11243
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