Log on screen not working with wireless keyboard only usb KB

Since upgrading to mountain lion from the latest version of Lion, I am not  able  to log  on  with my wireless keybord only with usb kb but  the  wireless kb  is  working  well, it  react  but no stars ** appear in the  log on password field
So i  enter  with  the  usb kb and  then the  wireless kb  is working  well
I put  all  keybord settings  to  default
I reset  smc  and pram  but  same behaviour
Any  hint  to  fix  this  ?

I fought for it for long time. I used command-r, option key, command-option-r, option-r, everything you can imagine but it did not work. I even  shut down the imac and then tried all these combinations but it still did not work. I EVEN TRIED APPLE's OFFICIAL ANSWER TO THIS ISSUE BUT BELIEVE ME IT DID NOT WORK AS WELL. Then I deeply thought for a while and shutdown the iMac. Then I took off the batteries from the wireless keyboard. Then Waited for 5 seconds or so. Then I just started the wireless keyboard with the button on the side. It started blinking. I immediately understood that my trick is going to work. I understood the problem. While the keyboard was blinking I started the imac. Now after startup chime from apple i just pressed the option key. And guess what- THE RECOVERY OPTION POPPED UP! See, the point is after you restart or shutdown the keyboard is still kind of paired with the imac so when you start it those keys are kind of overlooked. When you reaaly take out the batteries from the keyboard the pairing is lost. When you restart the imac the pairing is established during the startup chime tone. This is precisely the moment to press those keys like option or command-r. The command-r key works only if you have imac that was preinstalled with 10.8
I hope this saves your hours of work! I really wished that APPLE knew it. I have so much believed in this company so far.

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