Thank you, Eric, for your response. For whatever reason, when I went into 2nd Life to try the SHIFT-ESC, today, it magically corrected itself, and the ESC key works perfectly again. Yesterday, I had tried rebooting my computer, etc., and nothing fixed it, but today, it works again. Just a 2nd Life anomaly, I guess. I appreciate your help and will keep that in mind if it happens again.