Wireless keyboard freezes and takes time to 'unfreeze'

Hello,
            My wireless keyboard randomly freezes when playing games and stays 'pushed down', even when my fingers are off the keys and the button isn't really down. It's really annoying me and getting me frustrated. I don't know whether its the connection between the keyboard and the usb stick i have in my desktop computer or something else. My mouse doesn't have this problem, and the keyboard and mouse both came together when i bought the computer about 2-3 weeks ago. Any help will be much appreciated, 
                                                                  Sam

@ Legendary333,
Thanks for that information.
1.       Turn off the computer
2.       When you turn it on tap the F8 key repeatedly, it should lead you to a black screen with a list of options
3.       Toggle down to safe mode with networking and press enter
4.       Once in safe mode test you keyboard there
Test it for at the least 20 minutes to see if the issue occurs in this environment.
Please respond back at your earliest convenience.
Thanks 
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