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    HP Envy 15 keyboard question

    Discussion in 'HP' started by epical, Apr 17, 2010.

  1. epical

    epical Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a way to lock the Fn function in for when I am playing a game and need to use the function keys. I keep kicking myself out of a game because on instinct I use the function keys still. Thanks!
     
    epical, Apr 17, 2010
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  2. HumbleBy(DK)

    HumbleBy(DK) Notebook Guru

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    If you mean using the F-keys when gaming, i believe you can change that in the BIOS. There's a feature called something like "Lock feature keys" or something similar. I think this is what you are looking for.
     
    HumbleBy(DK), Apr 17, 2010
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    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    Amen! Exactly same thing happens to me - I keep opening a print menu or some damn email application when i'm working in Photoshop or playing a game.

    I spent hours trying to figure out how to disable those special function keys and I even downloaded a custom keyboard mapping software but it didn't work because the special function keys are not part of the normal keyboard.

    If anyone successfully disables them, please let us know, thanks!
     
    moviemarketing, Apr 18, 2010
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