Misaligned stroke around type

MAC PowerPC G4/MAC OS 10.4.11/ AICS3/640 MB SDRAM
I've had an ongoing problem when stroking type (both fonts and type that's been turned to outlines) since I upgraded to AI-CS3. The stroke, especially if it's thinner than .002" does not uniformly outline the letter shape. Sometimes it even leaves gaps between it and the fill color! I recently reinstalled my copy of CS3 to see if there was some corruption, but I still have the same problem. Is this a known bug, or am I doing something wrong? I used this technique all the time with AI 9 - CS2 to "fatten" small type before screen print production without any problems, but now with CS3, it's a constant problem.
HELP!
Marianne
[email protected]
419-898-1198, #23

Also, check your stroke palette. Your stroke may be set to align to outside(see 3 icons after align stroke below).

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