My I Mac not responding to any keys, Except Option, on start-up

My I Mac, at work, not responding to any keys, Except Option, on start-up.
While pressing option key, it asks for password. Nobody knows how it came there. The acceptable password at boot disk selection manager is a domain user login password and the user doesn't have permission to change any system preferences.
We are unable to find the DVD at boot disk selection to boot from the Disc. also none of the startup shorcuts are working.

Namboo wrote:
My I Mac, at work, not responding to any keys, Except Option, on start-up.
While pressing option key, it asks for password. Nobody knows how it came there. The acceptable password at boot disk selection manager is a domain user login password and the user doesn't have permission to change any system preferences.
We are unable to find the DVD at boot disk selection to boot from the Disc. also none of the startup shorcuts are working.
Are you aware that this is the Leopard forum?

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