MBP won't remember keyboard shortcut

Ok everytime i reboot my macbook pro,
system preferences won't remember one of my binded shortcuts; it always unchecks -> Desktop (reveals desktop).
i use alt + space for this shortcut, but no matter what other combinations i try, sys pref keeps unchecking the shortcut on every reboot.
i use this shortcut a lot so this is really irritating for me when i have to go into system preferences to check it back on every reboot.
the mac geniuses at the genius bar weren't much help either.
anyone know what could be causing this?
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

No idea sorry, I use iKey to program function keys, scripts etc. and it works fine.

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