Function Keys

Hi, I'm using ASUS N43SL laptop (Windows 10). Currently, I can control the volume by just pressing F11 / F12 (no need Fn). And, the "c", "v", & "spacebar" are not working. Plus, the arrow keys only can be used for media playing. I wish to get back the default setting. Below are the steps that...

Media keys not working unless you press fn key (normally i would just press the desired media key), I want to be able to use media keys without fn key combo. I have an HP x2 detachable with windows 10.

Hi I have an Acer N15V2 laptop. My daughter was trying to reset computer and turned it off by mistake. Now it comes on in a loop Acer explore screen then it goes blank and continues in this loop. I have tried function keys 2-10, holding power button down, ctrl alt del, and unplugging the...

First of all . I bought this keyboard like one month ago. First 2 week i didn't have any issues , but for a some time it start doing weird commands and stuff. Like switching wasd keys with arrow keys, reverting Caps lock , and by that i mean when it's on it writes with small letter and when it's...

My keyboard is typing the wrong keys when I press them on my Hp Spectre Laptop(Windows 10.) Is there any way this can be fixed? I already tried changing the keyboard language and restarting the computer but that did not solve the issue. Someone suggested doing a System Restore but I don't know...

Id like to know what eachnof the function keys does

The function to activate the backlights of my keyboard doesn't work as it should. Sometimes I manage to turn the lights on, but this is only possible in the first 5 seconds after Windows started up (and thus the first seconds I can see my desktop). After around 5 seconds, there is no turning...

Gigabyte Smart Manager appears to be running but only partially works. For example I can use the volume function keys but not the brightness, fan or touchpad-lock function keys. When I run it the GIGABYTE OSDV3 process appears but i cannot open the Smart Manager windows anymore. When i force...

Recently i formatted my Huawei HZ-W29 multiple times. After that the Fn key stopped working with the F keys for brightnes, sound etc. I searched and all i found is possibly the drivers or Services could have been setup incorrectly after format. Sadly, all solutions i found were for Samsung and...

I have HP Envy windows10, Function keys stopped working, I checked Bios they are enabled. Any help, please? it's really annoying. Thanks in advance Nonia

the settings oob are smart settings. if i want to adjust my brightness, i will. what i really want is my function keys. this will be a warrenty return in 45 days unless someone can tell me how to toggle this crap. lenovo can't. i restate Lenovo, the manufacturers of this thing, the v110, can not...

Hi Guys so a week ago I asked about why my laptop can't press more than 2 keys and I thought it was just the way the keyboard was designed and it seems that I can press multiple keys at once except when the key 'z' is one of the key pressed. then i can only press 2 keys. And in one of the game I...

I have a one year old Lenovo Ideapad 100. Its running on Windows 10 and the computer looks brand new. The thing is, the down arrow stopped working a few months after buying the laptop last year. I called their techsupport but they won't help without keeping the computer with them for at least...

Hey i have some problems with my asus laptop after i formatting it then i couldent access to the steam key or the to function keys for turning my keyboard light on an off and i couldent lock my keypad on and off what to do???

On my Toshiba Satellite laptop I want to have my function keys to control volume, brightness, etc. by default (no fn key required). I can't see any function lock and changing the UEFI firmware settings did nothing. Got any ideas on how to fix it?

I'm looking for function keys so that I can use it on shortcuts and commands.

So yesterday night everything was fine but today after coming from school i turned on my laptop. II found some keys of the keyboard are not working. The keys are Esc. F1, F3, F5, F7, F8,F12 (dont know about F10), [ , 0, Left Ctrl and some else i dont know. Some keys like Caps Lock , Num 0, Num...

Please my "FN"+ "PRTSC" = printscreen has stopped working.

My function keys are reversed to what they had been. I now have to press the "FN" key for e.g. the volume keys to work. I have searched the net for solutions and none have worked. I'm using Windows 10 on a Kira Ultrabook 13 i7

my daughter accidently restored my gateway NE56R and I can not do any thing with it, I get the black gateway screen and no function keys work

upon boot sequence I can not get past the password screen and the I cannot access F12 to change the boot sequence. Any advice?

Asus EeePc Intel Celeron the keys are numeric instead of alphabet like U-4 I=5 O=6 J=1 K=2 L=3 M=0

I have been using my Acer Aspire V5-132 for more than a year and it works fine. A few days ago, the function key seem to have been locked. I cannot use the standard F1-F12. Tried accessing BIOS, and found out there is no option to change the function key mode in BIOS. Also tried Fn+Num Lock and...

I was given a Toshiba Tecra for work together with a Logitech Mouse. I am used to using the touchpad so started working with the touchpad and didnt connect the mouse. All worked fine. Later I connected the mouse but now that I want to go back to working with the touchpad I cant. I have taken...

Function keys in my Toshiba Satellite P55W-C5204 are not working, after I made a factory reset (but without deleting my files) Before that I could use all of them, combined with FN. Now, the keyboard does not lighten up, when I press FN+Z, or I cannot mute my laptop by pressing F11 etc. After...

I just purchased a new Asus computer and it is great so far except for the fact that I have to hold down the Fn key to easily adjust my brightness or volume. I want or Unlock/Lock the fn key so I don't need to hold it down but I can't find the key which is usually on the escape button.

my son can't get his touchpad to work. As he is walking forward, he can't turn around while playing in Minecraft. I checked the setting which they are fine. I am not sure if its the touchpad or minecraft. any advice?

Hi. I need use of my F1-F12 keys at all times when working. Every time I shut down/restart I need to go into Lenovo settings, Function Keys and click from HotKeys to F1-F12. However, tonight I did this and the F1-F12 function key setting is not staying/working. I've restarted, shut down...

I recently updated to windows 10 and since then to use the alternate functions of the f keys, I need to hold fn, press the key, then release fn. It makes adjusting my volume and brightness a very painstaking process. (I used to be able to hold fn and volume up to raise the volume all the way)...

my Asus N551JW's backlit keyboard only works on bootup, the function keys are all working the backlighting on the keyboard just wont work. any way to fix?

Well, I've tried from A-Z trying to go about my Toshiba Satellite P 50-B1468 and I have come to a conclusion that none of the answers I've been searching tirelessly have worked. Well it does work when i press Fn+F1 or F2 as an example but i don't want to use it like that because it is extremely...

I can't type the symbol "@" using shift + 2. Why is this? Please help me solve this problem.

Hi, I have a HP G6 2313AX laptop which is nearly 3 yrs old. All of a sudden, my keyboard doesn’t seem to work. The thing is that the function keys (f1,f2,...) all those seem to work fine. It’s the alphabets & number keys. • When I press hard on the keyboard, it starts working for a few mins. •...

Hi I bought a new ASUS zenbok UX305 and sound works fine with speaker plugged in but once removed it doesn't automatically switch back to laptop sound no matter what I do. Only thing that resets it is to plug in headphones and remove. Also the sound is very low on the laptop in general...

Hi, I recently purchased an asus laptop, the model number is K501LX-EB71. The issue I am having is with the back-light function keys. The FN F3 keys is supposed to dim the brightness on the keyboard while the FN F4 key is supposed to brightness the keys. Instead the FN F4 key launches a tab in...

I have a Gateway NV55S07u. After a failed keyboard replacement, many of the keys no longer work, including all twelve F keys. The mouse trackpad works but it's locked by the function key that locks the trackpad. So my question is, how can I activate the function keys via software? Thanks.

so only the the brightness and black out function keys work but not the volume function keys or anything else i have tried to go through the control panel to fix this but it has no options for the function keys. I was just wandering what to do about this because i do use these keys very often...

I'm aware that using the Fn+F3 shortcut lowers the backlight, but my F3 key actually no longer works. It's not a driver issue, it's legitimately broken. I'll replace the keyboard when I have the money, but for now I'd just like to turn the backlight off. Any way to do that through software or am...

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my machine (NP4705R3 or ATIV Book 4) - everything works great, even function keys except the screen dims when running on battery. I've tried every Ubuntu solution there is. The problem is that I don't see any screen/video dimmer functions in the BIOS settings. Any...

I have a toshiba c55 laptop with windows 8.1 and after a recent update the Function keys appear to be reversed. In the past I would press the volume up button and the volume would increase, but now I have to hold the FN key to do so. It only seems to be getting worse with time... now when I...

I just install windows 7 on my laptop acer aspire one. The problem is that, i am unable to install the driver for my wireless adapter because it is disabled and the toggle Fn key is broken (F2). Now, how can i unable the wifi without using the fn+f2 key? Help please.

function keys to increase/decrease brightness isn't working in lenovo g500 after a cleaup. what drivers are required for my laptop.

Feeling dumb please help I normally work on an apple mac home and office and the office laptop is a Asus. We need to type @ and have tried all the obvious keys to get the "2" to an @ but without success. Please solve for us. Thanks.

I have lost connection to Internet from my laptop and do not know function key to connect to wireless.

Hello, my laptop screen won't display anything. It boots up and displays perfectly through an hdmi and my T.V.. I can't adjust my screen brightness either, nothing comes up when I use the brightness function keys, the other function keys work fine. I went to device manager and everything under...

The function keys are unresponsive on a Windows 8 laptop. Yes I'm holding the Fn key.My son's laptop won't start up, the Shift+F8 keys are unresponsive & even though I have a Win 8 installation disc I can't boot up from it. Also can't get into Bios with F12. I've even tried the unplug everything...

My function keys follow the usual F1 F2 functions, but I need to be able to use the function keys to do the special mode such as volume. I changed the option under system settings to special key mode, but it still doesn't work.

I checked all the manuals, and online ... to no avail. Thanks!

I want to change the function keys on my Acer E1-571 so that they are the primary buttons not the secondary buttons

Hi again, after my tos satellite decided not to turn on anymore (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2016331/toshiba-satellite-turns-secs.html#12642057) I borrowed an old-ish Lenovo T500 with no OS and non functional CD drive. I installed win 7 64bit through a usb stick, installed all the...

I really have no idea what's going on here. I have an ASUS K75DE and both official manual and the official site says the Setup key is F2, however no matter how fast I smash the key constantly, nothing happens. I even did that process with "Fn" key pressed and again, nothing. What's going on here?

ThinkPad T430 Function F1, F2, F3, F5, F6, F10, F11 and F12 do not work, neither does the black ThinkVantage key

i tried to change from win7 HB to win7 Ultimate 64bit, now downloading drivers r very confusing there are so many drivers, after this formating the menu that appears when we use the special function keys does not appear anymore. PLZ help without the menu dono whether am turning on bluetooth r...

my w ,s, Z, x key not working but sometimes they working properly. I tried to clean , but it not helped. please help me!!!

my laptop's screen brightness and contrast has been increased and its being difficult to use it due to high contrast. I've tried decreasing the brightness by using function keys but its still higher than usual.. is it any hardware problem? my system is 'Acer 5738'.

After using the FN keys, we can longer use the touchpad but only the eraser in thr middle of the keyboard. How do I undo? Dell Latitude notebook. E6420

Hello, what do all the function keys on my dell latitude c800 do?

Hello, i get numbers when i try to type these keys: u,i,o,p,;,l,k,j,m,./

i originally installed linux on it, than restored windows 7 with linux dual boot my scrolling/function keys do not work! i installed every driver i saw on the main site but no avail!

I can't get the volume keys to work on the function keys (numbers F7, F8, F9). I changed something in my settings. How do I get this function back.