Can't make a capital "J" on MacBook Pro !

Please help! I can not type in a capital "J" on any program, application, or web page with my MacBook Pro. The only way I can make a capital "J" is to use the "capslock" key -- I can not use the "shift" key. This is annoying! Please note that I can make any other letter of the alphabet with the shift key.
This implies, I think, that there is some problem with the computer itself or the operating system. I am current with all software updates as of today (6-12-07), and am using OS version 10.4.9. This has been happening since I got the computer 4 months ago. Many thanks for anyone's help !!
Bill, email: [email protected]
MacBook Pro 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I had this problem as well but it was with the Z key. It turned out that I was messing with setting keyboard shortcuts and I accidentally set Shift-Z to a shortcut. Maybe the same thing has happened to you.

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