Function Keys

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...