My Imac keyboard and mouse are frozen.

The screen just shows the screen saver, and I know that the mouse and keyboard have new batteries and are turned on. Wirelessly. ???
Using my macbook to ask this.

does touching the power button awake it?
Do you have a USB Mouse or KB to try?

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How about telling us how your keyboard & mouse are not working? Are both using batteries or are they wired? If batteries, have you checked and/or changed them? Keyboard & mouse Apple's or 3rd party? If you are still under warranty and/or have AC, call them & let Apple deal w/your problems.
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Its a wireless mouse and keyboard - dont think I can re-pair the keyboard to MBP since I need it talking to the iMac to enable and disable TDM?
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What do I do if I were just on my computer and suddenly my keyboard and mouse quit working? I had a few windows open and I was currently scrolling when it froze. I forced the device to shut down and when it booted back up, the bluetoothe setup assistant popped up asking to plug in my keyboard. All my previous windows also opened back up, but still no use of mouse or keyboard.

Could be interference, batteries are going dead or something else.
Keep a wired keyboard and mouse around, in fact one with a nice 3-4 foot cord.
I buy mine from donation places where businesses dump their old rock solid clicky clack USB PC keyboards that are build like a tank, I abuse them too all the time. Drop them, throw them around the room even.
This one I've got, it's over 3 years old and still is rock solid. Only $4 each.
Rare to get a good used mouse though, really have to buy the newer optical ones now anyway, unless one likes cleaning rollers and the ball.
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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If it seems like your keyboard and mouse are not staying paired to your iMac, first try resetting the NVRAM and System Management Controller:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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I'm curious; if you pair your keyboard/mouse with one computer, does it lose the pairing to the previous computer?
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There are things to do with an issue such as this one.
1. You must ask yourself if this is a hardware issue:
Try brand new batteries, if that doesn't fix the issue then you must try this.
Best way to isolate this issue is to boot into the install dvd of your mac osx.
Why?
The behavior on the boot disk enviroment is totally different than the operating system while running from the hard disk. If you can recreate the issue there then its a hardware issue.
If hardware:
reset the pram (research it)
If the issue is unable to recreate in the boot disk enviroment but you can in the regular enviroment then you can isolate it to software issue:
Software troubleshooting:
1. Remove configuration file for bluetooth:
10.6: machd/library/preferences
10.5 userfolder/library preferences
file: com.apple.bluetooth.plist.
Reboot.
A combination of pram reset and plist removal works well. If it may help, use a usb mouse to remove the pairing of bluetooth then readd devices.

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Could it help to put items on and off here?
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sata 3/sata 4...............disabled
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onboard serial port 1.........3F8/irq 4
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Have you tried using a usb keyboard/mouse?
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