Command-Tab macro not functional!

After I upgraded to 10.4.7, the Command-Tab macro is no longer functional, I need to know what is going on. I thought that maybe since I've upgraded to Tiger, I've had to use Tiger Cache Cleaner to clean the system caches in order to make the upgrade functional, that this function was lost in the process. Someone please help! I do not want to have to completely re-install the OS.
Thanks!

I too find myself in a state where Command-Tab doesn't do anything. In addition, the function keys do not activate Dashboard, etc. but only beep.
I've noticed on these occasions that the windowserver.log file contains a line like:
'"loginwindow" (0xf54f) set hot key operating mode to all disabled'
This condition persists until I log out and back in. I haven't yet determined the event that causes the loginwindow process to disable the hot keys.
I only began noticing the problem somewhat recently. My most recent updates include QuickTime 7.1.3, iTunes 7.0.1, and 10.4.8 (using the combo updater).
20-inch G5 iMac, G3 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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