Apple Keyboard - one key has poor response

Hi,
Over the last few days the CD tray key on my Apple keyboard has become less responsive. It still works, but you have to press it down very hard to make the CD tray open. I have removed the key and cleaned it but there is no change to the response.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Paul

This is caused by the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Update. They implemented a short delay so that you don't eject the CD accidentally.
I was also wondering why the CTRL-Eject command isn't working anymore. You just have to press the key a bit longer.
Regards Markus.

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Dave Packard wrote:
> Good day, everyone!
> I would like to join the tables FMIFIIT and AUFK. The INNER JOIN will be done between FMIFIIT's MEASURE (Funded Program) field, which is char(24), and AUFK's AUFNR (Order Number) field, which is char(12).
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