Stop alt from shifting focus to the menu?

Hi,
Every time I press Alt the focus shifts to the menu bar, just as it does with other windows programs.
This means I have to escape the menu every time I zoom, which is time consuming and extremely irritating.
Does anyone know how to stop this behaviour so indesign and photoshop remain focused on the main page rather than shifting to the menu bar?
Windows vista running indesign through creative cloud and Photoshop elements 9 installed from disc.
Also, will this problem persist when I upgrade to a new windows 7 machine in a couple of weeks?
Many thanks in advance,
Ally@Tartan Pixie

Until Adobe wakes up:
I tried creating my own fix, for those who still have this problem, this fix seems to work in Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator:
Download AutoHotkey for free.
Add this to a new AutoHotkey script and then run it:
Alt::
KeyWait, Alt
Send, {Alt}
Send, {Alt Up}
;soundbeep, 500, 500
return

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