HELP! Brightness Keys (F1, F2) & Audio Keys (F10-12) Suddenly Not Working!

Hello all.
Just a while ago I was toying inside After Effects CS3 to try and access their own Keyboard Shortcuts instead of the default system's Keyboard Shortcuts (E.G. inside AE, F2 would be deselect all, while in general F2 is Brighter)
(See this post: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1337330)
Inside AE preferences there was a check/uncheck 'Use System Shortcut Keys', I checked it and was able to use AE's shortcut keys.
*Then all of a sudden these common keys lost their functions!! --*
*Brightness Keys F1 & F2*
*Audio Keys - F10, F11 and F12!*
Even when I uncheck or turn off AE's box of 'Use System Shortcut Keys' and quit the application, I even restart the iMac and unplug the keyboard, but the above common keys are still not working!!
These general keys are more useful and important to me than inside AE's, which I only use once in a blue blue moon.
*So how do I get these shortcut keys back??? Help please*
Thanks a lot and cheers!!

Hi all
Oh dear another me blunder again... apparently I have checked in the 'Keyboard' tab inside System Preferences "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys..."
Actually even all through these, I am still a bit confused in setting up all these keyboard shortcuts, or rather, setting the ones I need and I would use... especially with the new keyboard that have some "pre-determined" keys already in place... and seems not able to turn them off...
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