First Keyboard Stroke Not Working

Hi, this is an issue I believe was in play last year. When I first type on my internal keyboard the first keystroke does not appear. For example, if I am typing an email and type "and" it will appear as "nd". This behavior is apparent in all applications and not key specific. After I have typed a few letters the problem goes away. I think this problem was fixed by a software update by Apple in the past but it has resurfaced and is annoying. Would a PRAM reset or some other fix help? Any ideas? Incidentally, this problem has resurfaced for me using my MBP's internal keyboard. I normally use an external keyboard at home and the problem only resurfaced now that I am traveling on vacation without the external keyboard.
Mahalo (thanks)
Ken

Hi, Ken. How about updating your OS to 10.4.11 and seeing whether the problem goes away?

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