Perspective Drawing Tool "5" Key issue

Hi guys,
I encountered this issue while using the Perspective Drawing Tool in Adobe Illustrator CS5. While I was watching a Lynda.com video of Deke's course, called "Illustrator CS5 One-On-One Mastery there are two movies of a perspective drawing of the Taj Mahal. In one of those movies Deke used, wile moving an object with the Perspective Selection Tool (Shift + V), the "5" key and held it until the obect was in the right place. By holding this key, the object moves parallel to it's current location.
(Source: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS25dc2c49b27459df-4aaea6de12476f87539-80 00.html#WSab9730d8188f358647fa82031252f42d47f-7ffe)
Now, on my machine (HP Elitebook 8530W) this "5" key doesn't do anything and it drives me mad! I looked all over the internet for possible performance issues or what have you, but couldn't find anything.
Is there anyone encountering the same issue or having a proper solution?
I'd be glad to here!
Thanks in advance!

a note in the document linked above
Note: The keyboard shortcut 5 for perpendicular movement and the keyboard shortcuts 1,2, and 3 for plane switching while drawing or moving objects, work only from the main keyboard and not from the extended numeric keypad.

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