Numeric Keypad Problems

I have the USB keyboard which has a numeric keypad with no num-lock key. This morning my number keys and the "." key on that keypad stopped working. The =,/,*,-,and + keys all work properly.
My research on this topic gave a number of suggestions, none of which worked -- including pressing the F6 key, shift-clear, going into the Universal preference pane to see if sticky keys was on. I also repaired permissions and ran all of the routine maintenance scripts. None of this helped.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?

OK, then it's not the Keyboard, something is messed up with the OS.
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)

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