all numbers when typed are entered as the shift char of that number, and only in the virtual machine

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

during an install of windows 2000 pro sp4 when entering the product key, during the entry of the number charicters, they all awere entered as the shift charicter of that number (for instance 9 came out as () and this only happens in the virtual machine. i entered numbers in gedit on the host machine and they showed as they were entered. i even held shift while entering numbers in the virtual machine and the result was the same.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 98c044f329adc10cb3b555e3e5b983af
CheckboxSystem: a076396759c81bc40e56c83cf059616e
Date: Thu Jan 6 11:54:36 2011
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.69-generic
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686
VirtualBoxOse.DpkgList:
 ii virtualbox-ose 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
 ii virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user
 ii virtualbox-ose-source 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 x86 virtualization solution - kernel module