Photoshop problem with mouse-wheel zoom

[el_bastardo]

i like to use the mouse zoom. when pressing the ALT-key you can zoom with the mouse wheel.
my problem is that by pressing the ALT-key the menu-shortcuts get activated. so when i press [i] for eyedropper right after zooming, the image menu drops down. the same with [L]: instead of lasso the layer-menu appears.

this is really annoying. i guess i had this problem in CS/CS2/CS3

any ideas how to fix this?

[Roadblock]

You can set the zoom with mouse wheel in your preferences by just checking the box so you dont need to hit ALT as its activated all the time .

Rod