My Apple BT Keyboard won't pair.

I have an Apple BT Keyboard and it worked fine until yesterday. I came home and turned it on and it wasn't working right. It kept inputing random charactors whenever i was able to type. I took out the batteries for like an hour then tried it again but the same thing happened. I disconnected it from bluetooth to try to pair it again but it won't even pair now. I get a message that says "The device does not have the necessary services." when i try to pair like i normally would. any ideas why it might not be working. my magic mouse works just fine and that's running on the bluetooth too so i don't think its a problem with the laptop.

Hello:
Try a couple of things:
1.  Reset the PRAM
2.  Reset the SMC
3. Trash a preference file (com.apple.bluetooth.plist) and restart.
4.  make the device a favorite.
Barry

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