Why do F11 and F12 no longer invoke audio control?

On my Intel powerbook,  F11 fills screen and F12 brings up dashboard. This just started happening. I don't see how to change this in keyboard preferences. Since I use the PB for recording and music, this is very annoying!
OS 10.6.8

If using the function key with F11 and F12 work properly (FN F11)  then it's probably the setting in System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard tab > uncheck "Use all F1, F2, etc keys as standard function keys"

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