Just got a new HP ENVY 15 and so far I love it. Well, except for one little thing that drove my crazy.
Not sure what those pesky engineers at HP were thinking when they decided to change the default way the function (fn) keys work on the newer HP ENVY laptops. By default you do not need to press the (fn) key to get function key functionality.
Example: If you press F5 (even in a browser window) it turns the backlit keyboard on and off, rather than refreshing the browser. Really???
This "amazing" technology is called "Action Keys Mode", and the good news is that it is very easily turned off to get your laptop back to working the standard way of having to press the fn key.
Steps to fix:
- Shut Down your computer completely. Don't put in Sleep or Hibernate
- Press Power button to start
- Immediately press F10 key a few times
- This will start the BIOS
- Go to 3rd page (System Configuration). Press right arrow key to go to next page
- Select the "Action Keys Mode". Press ENTER. Select DISABLE
- Save and Exit
Nifty,
Thomas
Saturday, January 25, 2014
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4 comments:
Thanks a lot! That was really annoying.
Can't find action key mode
The fix you suggested worked great on my laptop, but on my HP Envy desktop, the system config. tab doesn't exist. Is this a change in Windows 10 or yet another problem created by the swell folks at HP?
I really need the "F" keys with a program I use for work, and having to hit "Fn" with each of the "F" keys makes makes using this computer nearly impossible.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank very much!
Sorry Lily, but no clue about how to solve your desktop issue. I would Google heavily :-)
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