Expose Keyboard Shortcut Changes Don't Affect Slow-Mo

Because I use my F keys for working in the Adobe CS2 Suite, I have changed the Expose keyboard shortcuts to require the ctrl key.
However, this did not change the slow-motion Expose key combinations. For example: while the F10 Adobe shortcut now works on the Adobe App, when I try to use the Shift-F10 Adobe shortcut I still get the slow-motion Expose. I do not see that keyboard shortcut anywhere in the preferences menus, so I don't know how to re-map it.
I don't want to lose the slow-mo... I still want it because it still causes envy in my PC using friends! I just want to re-map it.
Can anyone give me a suggestion? Thanks.
PS: This brings up a suggestion: since Apple makes all their own hardware why not put in separate buttons or other hardware controls for Expose & Dashboard? If Microsoft can single-handedly get all their IBM cloners to put a Windows key on all their PCs (genius marketing in the guise of usability), I don't' see why Apple can't do the same with the hardware they design and manufacture (and their button would actually be useful!)
PowerBook 15" Mac OS X (10.4.3) Mac newbie - Have Athlon desktop PC at home - works on a PC based network at wor

I have a similar problem, where I try to publish a flash file using shift-F12 and instead get the slow expose. I really don't care for it, just want to totally disable it. Anyone know how?

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I have just bought an apple keyboard to use with my macbook. On the internal keyboard, I use the keys F8-F12 for spaces, expose and dashboard shortcuts. However, on the external keyboard, those keys are used for play, fast forward, and volume controls.
Is it possible to add a second mapping of the shortcuts for expose, etc, to some of the F13-F19 keys (which don't seem to be used for anything else)?
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Ray, Thanks for the very helpful response.
To add to your discovery, it also appears that under system preferences/keyboard, there is a box that is defaulted "unchecked" that reads, "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys. When this option is selected, press the FN key to use the special features printed on each key."
That is why my keyboard is over-riding the function keys b/c it is unchecked. When I check this box the expose works as intended.
I also find that my mouse is set up to have the "side" buttons linked with expose.
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I'm a mac newbie. Under the mac help instructions for expose, I find these instructions:
xposé provides a quick way to see all open application windows and switch between them. Press the F9 key to see all the windows you have open, or press the F10 key to see the open windows in the application you are currently using. To hide all open windows so you can see the desktop, press F11.
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Ray, Thanks for the very helpful response.
To add to your discovery, it also appears that under system preferences/keyboard, there is a box that is defaulted "unchecked" that reads, "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys. When this option is selected, press the FN key to use the special features printed on each key."
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