keyboard batteries low...but keyboard isn't wireless

Thank you, I had tried that, but I went ahead and tried another USB port (there's four of them) just in case that would help.

Who knows, maybe the third time will be the charm. Thank you for the reply at any rate :-)

It isn't the mouse, I replace those batteries frequently. I've had this computer for almost seven years and they regularly need replacing, plus while the keyboard "batteries are low, replace or recharge soon" message has been up, I've also gotten the one for the mouse....and replaced the mouse batteries without it altering the keyboard message.

I did understand that there really couldn't be any batteries in the keyboard. But just to be sure, I unplugged it entirely and tried to use the keyboard.

When I click on setting and select "keyboard" at the very bottom of the screen is the battery life report for the keyboard saying it is at 17%, It hasn't dropped in days, so for all I know switching the USB port did do something.

Oddly enough, the message started appearing following a restart.

I will try a restart. Here's what this looks like though: Thank you both for your help, I appreciate it.

Thank you for that suggestion, I just tried the "set up bluetooth" keyboard option to see if anything else was detected and it comes back with "no keyboard found".

I've tried the restart. I'm no longer getting the alert to replace or recharge and the only remaining thing is the funky battery life report at 17%, so essentially some combination of all of this worked to at least stop the message that was plaguing me.

Thank you all for your help. It looks like I just have some erroneous report function going on.

Bluetooth preferences it says my wireless mouse and keyboard are connected, by the way. So it is possible it is picking up a different device....it's just...I don't actually have a wireless keyboard anywhere near this computer.

I just did, ember and went into the correct area:

I genuinely have no idea what that keyboard could be, but the keyboard I am using is wired and if I unplug it from my USB? It stops functioning.

I do have multiple computers and an ipad nearby. It's none of my devices as near as I can tell.

No, I didn't ever have one paired to this computer. I'll give it a shot. The worst that can happen is....I'll have to switch to a different computer, I guess.

Edited to add: and I did hit the X and now it has "pair" beside it....and my keyboard is still functioning.

Wow, you guys are awesome. There must be a wireless keyboard somewhere in the house that was paired to this computer, because the battery life message of doom is gone after removing that. You're all awesome, thank you. I was NOT going to come up with that as a solution. Of course, I wonder where the heck the phantom keyboard is in my house, but that's not something you guys can solve.