Escape key not recognized

greetings.
i just recently switched over to a new computer at work and using another designer's workstation w/ cs3. for some reason unknown to me, the "ESC" (escape) key will not work for me when trying to deactivate a text box.
i looked under the keyboard shortcuts menu and found where to input this shortcut (keybord shortcuts/product area: tools/selection tool (highlighted) ...and see the current shortcuts set at "default: v" and "text: escape" so i know it's there.
however, when i try to input a new shortcut and hit the escape key, it's not being recognized at all. same thing happens when trying to set the escape key for any other shortcut.
i'm experiencing the same issue in illustrator, as well.
any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Ps CS4 11.0.2 (64-bit)
Windows 7 Pro SP1
Apologies for bumping this oldie. Escape key is completely dead in and outside of Ps.
The weird thing is that it can only be reproduced by opening Ps (with or without a file) while CCC.exe is running (AMD VISION Engine Control Center).
So one would be inclined to blame Ps.
Adobe staff and users carrying a tarred and feathered ATI driver writer, out of town on a train rail :
The problem returned with the following AMD/ATI driver :
[QUOTE]Driver Packaging Version    8.872-110707b-122569C-ATI
Catalyst Version    11.7
Provider    ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version    8.01.01.1171
2D Driver File Path    /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Control/CLASS/{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE1031 8}/0000
Direct3D Version    7.14.10.0847
OpenGL Version    6.14.10.10907
AMD VISION Engine Control Center Version    2011.0707.2346.40825
[/QUOTE]
Closing CCC.exe in the Windows task manager, then restarting Ps cured it.

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