Yeah, the start button is the one (the ONLY one, annyoingly enough) that doesn't work. I've tried it both with and without the keypad installed, with and without the patch installed (without the patch, I can even select "New Game" at the opening screen or quit out of them game). I'll try your shift suggestion next, though. Thanks.
EDIT: No, thse shift idea didn't work. So far as I can tell, when it gets to the charecter name screen, it remaps the buttons back to the default setting, and under the default setting, it either doesn't map an [OK] key, or it does, but it doesn't recognize my Enter key (which is the default [OK]).
EDIT2: Gah! I removed the input patch and finally hit upon trying the only thing I never though of (Don't ask me why): Fn + Enter. That got it. Thanks for the help all. ^.^