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    Intermittent Use Function Keys and Command-Tab program switching (OS X 10.5.8)

    Restarting does get rid of the problem, temporarily. I honestly can't think of anything I've installed recently, or even updated. I do test the keys occasionally, as you say. For DOS, I use Boxer, which is a GUI for DOSBOX... basically to play old DOS games. Again, though, I haven't updated...
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    Intermittent Use Function Keys and Command-Tab program switching (OS X 10.5.8)

    Nope, it's not the fn-key setting. I've checked the box for using the F1 keys as standard function keys because I use a lot of programs (including old DOS ones) that look for those keys. I've been using the fn keys to activate the printed functions (ur-function? apple-functions?) for a couple...
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    Intermittent Use Function Keys and Command-Tab program switching (OS X 10.5.8)

    I've got an iMac from around 2009. I tried that trick, very cool! I never realized that I could test the keys that way. It doesn't look like the keys are sticking; both command and tab are showing up as responding. Ditto for the function keys, except for when I press the 'fn' key, but the...
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    Intermittent Use Function Keys and Command-Tab program switching (OS X 10.5.8)

    Hello all, Recently (within the last week) I've been finding that the keyboard combinations for changing brightness, bringing up the Dashboard, performing the 'Expose all windows' function, and the Command-Tab program switching having been intermittently operational. In other words...
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