F-key mappings being disabled with non-apple keyboard

I'm using a Happy Hacking Lite 2 keyboard on my iMac. It doesn't have an eject key on it like the Apple keyboards so I remapped my f-keys for dashboard, exposé, etc. so that I could use F12 for ejecting optical media. Since upgrading to Leopard, I've noticed that whenever I want to use exposé or the dashboard when I get the f-key, nothing happens. When I open the keyboard prefs, I see that those keys are disabled. I re-enable them and everything works fine again for a time, but eventually (like a couple of hours) they mysteriously don't work again. I never had this problem in Tiger.
Any suggestions on how to correct this?

Try rEFIt http://refit.sourceforge.net/ as a Boot-Manager/-Menu.
Stefan

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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Verified)
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My Mac is very slow and applications take a long time to load, especially Safari and iTunes. Please help.    I have run the Etrecheck report and these are results.
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2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
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Actually, startup keys sequences do work with the Apple Wireless Keyboard (the old white one). I know because I have been using it that way with my Macs, PPC and Intel ones.
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