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

 

[jojokly]

To JDot: Many thanks to you! So glad I kept reading the thread. I had papers on the keyboard while watching a program and when I went to move the papers inadvertently pushed buttons, but had no idea which ones. I knew it had to have an easy fix. My laptop has a FN button, but not F1-F12, so most answers didn't apply. I love simple fixes.

 

[miss_sparkle]

I also experience this from time to time, VERY FRUSTRATING!!! i retraced my steps and found the answer that worked for me:

press the 'FnLock' button, that toggles it

 

[prolifebrother]

I had the same problem. I'm running windows 8. if you search the computer for "function key" it will give you a result click on that and switch the enabled to on.


djdrew1015 that is awesome! I've looked everywhere for this and despite all the good ideas your is the only one that worked! Really appreciate it. Blessings

 

[maggieto]

I had exactly the same problem with Toshiba Satellite A200 - holding down Fn + F11 fixed it for me (F11 was the button below which the function icon was on with green light)

 

[thatguy2]

Here is the solution I found on another website...

(0) Save all your open documents and stuff and close their respective programs

(1) Navigate to the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Toshiba\System Setting

(2) Double-click on the "System Settings.exe"

(3) Scroll down in the left menu until you find "keyboard"

(4) Click on the "keyboard" menu option and change the default "special function mode" to "normal f1-f12"

(5) Click the "apply" button and allow your computer to restart.

All done!!

Im having the same problem but im using HP Pavilion 17 notebook. please help me

 

[sav80]

Very frustrating. Happened on my daughters laptop as well. However aso disable "r" and "y" which the IT had setup as function keys. Also CAPS lock light will not come in.

 

[jodyb]

im useing a old dell inspiron 1501 and it was number lock didnt realize cause the keyboard dont have the numbers to the right i was just putting blue and blue together

 

[Maimana]

Thank you very much nonenone it was ver frustrating problem , it has been solved your way , thanks a million

http://pricklytech.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/surface-pro-3-quick-tip-alt-f4-does-not-work/

On the Surface pro 2 and 3 (and possibly the sp1 and other Win8 machines):

"... pressing and holding the Fn key and then pressing Caps toggles the functionality of the top row of keys on the Type cover so that you can use Alt + F4. This is a toggle though – once you can use Alt + F4 you have to toggle back to use the default (pictured) functionality of these keys."

 

[Casa_De_Papas]

I found an easy solution. Search for the Windows Mobility Center, and there will be a pulldown for the Fn key. Change it from Multimedia to Function.

 

[bcaplan]

I tried Caps Lock and FN and it worked.

 

[Wireboy]

My son figured it out. If your keys are inverted, or something, really all you got to do is hold Function (Fn) Then press F11 and/or F12. Or Number lock/Screen Lock. I think its Number lock though. If you have one of those laptops that dont have keys F1-F12, Then try holding Fn for 10 seconds.

[strike]Your welcome![/strike]

 

[Robin Carl Daynolo]

how about mine? my letter "O" has 2 function keys (right arrow and number six). I need to use the number six because my key six isnt working, but when I press fn + O, the command is right arrow. how to switch this? please help..... 🙁

 

[Keebles]

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02035108

 

[hugonorte]

Function + NumLk may toggle. Worked fine for me

 

[Sanchit Jain]

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-ENVY-13-Notebook-PC-series/3995928/model/4039997/document/c02035108?openCLC=true

Use this Link

Thank you for the quick response... but no joy...
It does not seem to do anything.

Weird problem... any other ideas?

Not devastating but irritating.

I found ideas like restore original defaults.(NO Thank you!) Somehow this problem was created easily so it seems it shouldn't be this hard to fix.

Thanks again for the effort.

 

[jonroberts26]

I got my solution back in April 2014, but feel free to post helpful hints for everyone else. This is apparently an irritating thing on all laptops...

Thanks all and Good luck to ya.

 

[RenRys]

This is the solution. Thank, you thank you, thank you. But if your keyboard use the funtion key to acces f1, f2, f3 and so on... you must use this settings in "special function mode", to it works as factory default. That is my issue, my laptop was in "normal f1-f12". But thanks. quotemsg=13171468,0,1645739]Here is the solution I found on another website...

(0) Save all your open documents and stuff and close their respective programs

(1) Navigate to the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Toshiba\System Setting

(2) Double-click on the "System Settings.exe"

(3) Scroll down in the left menu until you find "keyboard"

(4) Click on the "keyboard" menu option and change the default "special function mode" to "normal f1-f12"

(5) Click the "apply" button and allow your computer to restart.

All done!![/quotemsg]

 

[Frank Castillo]

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

There is a option either on the bios or the Toshiba assistance that you can turn on and off the special keys (Fn or Hot Keys)

 

[Tomasz Drozd]

The only solution is to autorun (set as an autorun app) a TCrdMain.exe file. The one is probably to be found on each and every modern Toshiba Satellite laptop. Good luck. P.S. This works fine on my Toshiba L850/W7.

 

[Tomasz Drozd]

BTW, the file - TCrdMain.exe - that should be run at the startup is just Toshiba's flashcard app.

 

[JenJen]

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.


Hi This How I resolved it ON My Toshiba AMD net book nb550d after installing Linux OS UBUNTU 14.10 my net book would not wake from sleep trying to boot and select F12 to initiate a full recovery it was impossible as F keys were dysfunctional..... so I re installed Toshiba Windows 7 from a clone....function keys still dysfunctional... F Keys stoped working and when booting up the press F2 and F12 to enter setup Bios /CMOS etc just failed to show
My SOLUTION
Go Start/ all programs/ Toshiba/ Utilities/ Hardware set up ( a small blue icon with wrench) click it, go to BOOT PRIORITY on the right pane " Boot Speed" select "Normal" on the left pane boot priority select HDD. Alternative attempt when here in this window before you try the boot priority take a look at Keyboard tab see if you have a choice re F1 F12 settings....
This worked... although I don't see why, other than F keys initiation must play a role in booting speed... Good Luck

 

[Gooble]

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-nz/support/hardware-and-drivers/type-cover#LockKeys

I am not sure if this also applies to your keyboard. For my keyboard, I can switch between locking and unlocking the Fn key by pressing Caps+Fn.

I saw that you already had a solution. Perhaps this is a less convoluted way of achieving the same result =) Good luck.

 

[Missterrical]

Hey! Sorry for the late response - the same thing was happening to me but Fn+Esc fixed it for me. If you aren't able to fix it, the Fn keys should still work, but you'll need to not press (or press) Fn with the function you choose.
TRY: Fn+Esc

 

[vikas19]

Fn+F11(NumLk) worked for me (acer aspire)..Thanks to one who answered.
Sorry I couldn't note his name..

 

[theyellowjello]

Nothing here worked for me. I have a Toshiba Satellite C55t-A