Picky Wireless Keyboard

I recently got an Apple Wireless Keyboard (the new aluminium one). However it's been acting rather strangely: the F keys, Command, Option, Shift, Delete, Escape, and arrow keys work, but not the others.
I thought it was a malfunctioning unit, but it turns out it only acts up on my account. See, it works properly on every other Mac I've tested it on. It even works on other accounts on my MacBook, as long as I don't log in (if I do, it won't work properly on any account until the next restart).
I think it may have something to do with my preference files, because the keyboard will happily work with a new account, but once I sync up my preferences with it (via .Mac), it's back to the F-Command-Option-Shift-etc-only state.
What is really going on?

First, go to the Keyboard & Mouse pane in System Preferences. Then under the Keyboard tab, make sure the "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" box is not checked.
Or if it is ticked, hold down the Fn key (bottom left of the Wireless Keyboard or next to the Home key on the wired one) while pressing the media/volume/brightness/etc. keys.
If that doesn't work (and since you are using Mac OS X 10.4.10), download the Keyboard Software Update from here (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/keyboardsoftwareup date12.html). This installs the software needed for OS X 10.4 to work properly with the new keyboards, since these have a different layout to the old ones. 10.5 comes with that software pre-installed.

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