The Zombie Numeric Keypad

I have removed the batteries from my Bluetooth numeric keypad. When I check the Bluetooth window in Systems Preferences, it still shows the keypad as being connected (see snapshot below). How could this possibly be?
Cheers
John

By numeric keypad, I assume that you're referring to the phone dialing pad. If so, no you cannot input text using the numeric keypad.

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try changing the batteries in the keyboard, if it still doesn't connect you may have to connect a USB keyboard to finish the setup so you can get to the bluetooth settings in the system preferences.
can also try shutting down and doing SMC reset, the following article tells how to do this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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I have a problem like this with my Powerbook G4 17 - it's a system which was upgraded from a Pismo to a Powerbook G4 17, with software strarting from 10.0 and upgraded through Leopard.
The problem is the first Powerbooks supported the embedded numeric keypad, and now that there is no more support for the numeric keypad, but my Powerbook G4 doesn't know that.
The keyboard acts like the numeric keypad is engaged, and I don't know how to turn it off.
When I first got my MacBook Pro 17 (early 2008) and transferred software with the Apple migration tool (via firewire) I had this symptom but the guy at the Genius Bar at the Apple Store went in to Preferences and disabled something in the Universal Access Control Panel, but I don't remember what.
Now that my Powerbook G4 17 is experiencing the same symptom, I don't know what to turn off.
Note that this doesn't happen when I Screen Share or VNC into the Powerbook.

Sorry for the long delay.
Actually, I did - duhh - finally actually take a look at my Powerbook G4 and found that it did indeed support the embedded numeric keyboard, and I could turn it off the proper key.
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Hello knowledgeable Mac folks,
Somehow, my father has been managing to repeatedly and unintentionally activate the embedded numeric keypad in his iBook keyboard (the numbers below the letters M, J, K, L, U, and I) as he types. (This has been happening in a number of applications: Word, Firefox, etc.)
My assumption is that he is somehow accidentally hitting certain keys that activate this as he types, but I thought I would check in with the experts. Could this be an indication of a larger issue, or is it likely that he's just unknowingly activating it as he types?
If the latter, what would be the keys that would activate this? How would he deactivate it when he does accidentally activate it? And even more, is there any way to disable this embedded numeric keypad so that he couldn't accidentally activate it at all?
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Hi Ronda,
I believe he's using 10.3.9.
There haven't been any other major issues -- this is the only one. Usually he uses it on a table, and over the summer he's been actually using it on his lap, so I suspect he's just setting it off accidentally as he types . . .
However, when this is happening, the green num lock light does not come on, which is what made me wonder if there was something else going on.
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Reset the SMC and PRAM, instructions can be found by clicking Intel iMac SMC and PRAM resets. Do each reset 3x in succession, sometimes they don't work the first time.

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hi guys;
'm new to sun's forum. i want to know to onscreen numeric keypad, if anybody knew plz mail me. at the same time which website allow to download source code of the onscreen numeric keypad using JSF .
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It works for me on 10g but the only pitfall is the " * ", the workaround is to use the " & " in the label next to the key you want.
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I've noticed that the state of the Fn key can be read in software, rather than just being a hardware-level modifier key. How do I know this? There's the Keyboard Viewer and StickyKeys, which both treat Fn just like other modifier keys.
Anyways, you know how the new MacBook Pros don't have the embedded numeric keypad? Well what I'm wondering is if there's some software to bring this back. You know, it can intercept keyboard messages and, if a key that would normally be part of the embedded keypad is pressed, check whether or not Fn is held down. If not, it will type the normal character. If so, it will type the number. Certain programs require the numeric keypad, or are at least much more usable with it (Blender, anyone?) and it would be really nice to have something like this. Thanks!

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http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
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@Tuttle - how does that help the OP? There are USB and Bluetooth numeric keypads everywhere (I've even seen them in gas station convenience stores!). There's even 'an app for that', if you have an iPhone/iPod Touch. But, the OP is asking about the embedded numeric keypad which is present on older MBPs (like mine) but was dropped with the Early 2008 models.

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^Unfortunately, not any more. As I mentioned above, Apple have removed Numpad functions from the current release of MacBook Pros (released February 26 2008). I have a 17" MacBook Pro that is about 8 weeks old, and can verify this is the case. No Numpad toggle. The Numpad variants are no longer printed on the keys because the Fn key no longer provides that functionality.
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