fn key seems to be reversed

[jonroberts26]

My wife's Toshiba Laptop Satellite c55t a5222
was working normally last night and today she has to press the Fn key to change the volume. It is acting like there is a Fn lock on or something. I can't seem to find any help on Google, so I figured I'd ask some experts. The Toshiba help page is extremely frustrating. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but my experience on this site has been very positive this far.

Thanks for the help in advance

 

[Vale-pika]

On Dell laptop:
Esc key has a small icon "lock Fn". I did press and hold Fn+Esc and it worked. You can look for a similar key combination in your laptop.

 

[Tom_130]

when I search function key I get the following:

TOSHIBA Function Key enables functions when pressing specific keys or in combination with Fn. Some functions show the toast notification at the edge of the screen. These settings turn on/off notifications.

then it says
Status Notification
Touch Pad enabled On

clicking the Notification changes it to off and does nothing..

that is all I get when searching Function key

Thank you for your help though.
I appreciate it.

I've had this exact same problem- You don't click on/off, you have to drag the slider to either end of the bar in order for it to work. That worked for me, at least.

 

[Sean_78]

I've been having this same problem on my Satellite U840W. I tried all the solutions posted in this thread but none of them worked. I toggled the default F-key settings in both the BIOS and in the HW Setup Utility (which I installed specifically for this purpose) but switching the default action wouldn't do anything.

FINALLY, I've found a solution that worked! I installed the Toshiba Value Added Package (which includes aforementioned HW Setup Utility) and now the default for my keys are the actions!

Hope this works for everybody!

 

[Dayo Dauda]

Pressing fn + numlock (that is, fn+f11) solves the problem in Toshiba.

 

[Shannah]

I have a Toshiba Satellite C55-B5296 computer this worked for me and should work for any other Toshiba model,

1. Go to http://support.toshiba.com/support/drivers
2. Select computer's model or serial number, usually located on the bottom of your computer
3. Select your computer's operating system (can be found on Windows 10 in File Explorer, This PC, System Properties)
4.Scroll down the list of Driver's and Updates and select Toshiba Function Key
5. Install driver and restart your computer

If you have a different brand of computer, I would suggest going on their website to see if they have any Function key drivers to install.