My numerical keys are not giving me numbers, but instead some are producing the symbols of other keys, e.g. when I press 5 I get [..??

I accidentally spilt a little bit of water on my keypad yesterday, but I dried it all off straight away and all my keys were working fine.  This morning my number keys suddenly stopped working, I freaked out thinking that it was because of the water yesterday but then I realised that about half an hour before they stopped working, they were working because I used the 1 and 2.  I got the keyboard viewer up to work out which keys were not working, and discovered that the number keys were not producing numbers but other symbols when typed. However now, I don't know whether I have done something else because now I can't even get other symbols when I press keys 1-9!
I've tried rebooting, and checking all the setting in system preferences.
Any help would be great!!!

Hello Rdmusale,
I understand that some of the keys are not working on your notebook computer, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To correct the output of characters from your keyboard, I recommend following this document on Notebook Keyboard Troubleshooting (Windows 8). This should help correct how the keys appear on your keyboard.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
Regards
MechPilot
I work on behalf of HP
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