ut2k4 ate my key-bindings and the compass is corrupted

[Felix Maibaum]

Hi all.

I wanted to find out if anyone else had this problem:
Sometimes UT2k4 crashes on me and takes the entire machine down with it. 
Sometimes afterwards all my input configuration is gone. Also some weird 
things happen when I try to reconstruct it. the first keys I press are 
sometimes recognized incorrectly. e.g. when I want to assign shift to crouch, 
Joy4 is detected.
Also my compass in bombing run looks strange, the bright dot is not moving 
around the outer rim of the circle, but around an invisible circle slightly 
above it.

Anybody else seen this?

--Felix