Hotkey preferences reset to default everytime I reboot

I just got my first Mac ever (something I've been wanting since High School, but could never afford), and I absolutely positively love it. What was I thinking? Sticking with a PC for all these years?!
Well, I have stumbled onto a little bug/issue.
I use software like Photoshop and Flash on this Mac quite often, so naturally I wish to reserve the "F"-keys for those applications. And as such, in the Mac preferences, under "Keyboard & nfo>MacBook PrMouse" I check the box next to "Use the F1-F12 keys to control software.."
OK, so I've got the F keys disabled now.
There are only three Mac-specific hotkeys I wish to map, particulary the "All Windows", "Desktop" and "Dashboard". So I select the "Keyboard Shortcuts" under the Keyboard & Mouse Preferences, and map out those three functions by using Command+F10, Command+F11 and Command+F12 respectively.
It works fine now, right? Yep, all of my F keys do nothing (as they should, since they are reserved for application-speficif use), and the way I activate "Desktop", or "Dashboard" is by using the aforementioned combination which I've mapped in Keyboard Shortcuts.
Now, this is the problem. If I reboot my Mac, those three mapped out hotkeys are reset to F10, F11, and F12 (instead of being combined with the Command key).
If anyone could give me a tip or a suggestion on how to get those Keyboard Shortcuts to retain their settings after a reboot, I would totally appreciate it. Thanks you guys!
-M
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Geez, I'm not sure why there are four duplicate threads of this. If the moderators could please delete the duplicates I would greatly appreciate it.

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