Wireless keyboard typing at random

Yesterday I was dipleased with how dirty my wireless key bow

sorry i sent this way premature. Anyway i was cleaning my keyboard with a dry cloth, just giving it the ole scrub down. Apparently I should have turned it off before this process, the mac was off so i didnt notice any issues at the time. Now when it connects to my MacBookPro it is wildly typing characters.
Does anyone know of a setting I may have unknowingly activated that would cause such a rucus.
note: i can use my magic mouse and my ma fine together, it's just when I connect the wireless keyboard that thing go haywire,
interesting fact: when my wireless keyboard is connected and i reboot, clicking  the "delete" key makes objects in the password field appear instead of dissappear................  i am very frustrated,please help
dustinog

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