Did you try pressing the Number Lock key?
Stopped working doesn't really say much. If the number pad is not locked, then the keys perform different actions than if the number pad is locked. Does your statement that the number pad has stopped working mean that nothing happens? Or that the keys on the number pad do something other than print numbers?
Mark
I'm running Vista on a laptop and the number pad has stopped working. Its very frustrating!

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