Envy 15 / windows 7 64bit / quick launch buttons / customize [ Edited ]

[brinko99]

Ah, I found the solution for the reversal of the function (Fn) keys.

They trick is to disable Action Keys in the bios.  Press Esc or F10 immediately at boot to enter the bios.  Action Keys can be disabled which makes the function keys (F1-F12) primary and requires the Fn key combination for use of the Action Keys (brightness, help, volume, etc).

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[Antony_Lee]

hello, anyone know a version that will work on an envy 17 notebook ???

I need to stop that volume control button bump me out from game.

Thanks

[Daniel_Potyrala]

Hi,

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Antony_Lee wrote:

I need to stop that volume control button bump me out from game.

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Uninstall MediaSmart SmartMenu from your system or uncheck it from startup list as showed below:

• Click Start .

• In the Search field, type: msconfig and when the option appears in the menu, press Enter .

• In the System Configuration window, click the Startup tab.

• Find it on the list and uncheck it.

• Click OK.

This steps will switch off on-screen visuals, but for this problem there isn't any better solution for now.

[Antony_Lee]

it sounds like that HP should provide an update to that media smart utilities such that allowing to disable the off screen display... but anyway, this is good so far.

[cpschott69]

this is excellent-- nice work finding this

so now what is needed are fixes to the other issues that are irritating due to the new keyboard

1. five new buttons on left side of keyboard-- some posts have dealt with the media button but this is a general thing, need

software access to turn these buttons into soft keys(ie whatever you want)

2. lack of num lock and scroll lock keys and the associated number keys to make number entry easier--

these keys used to be 7, 8, 9, U, I, O, J, K, L, M  ...............

called HP support and they say they are just gone

used to be handy for getting at special characters  by typing alt  ### to get  latin letters etc

HP has got to fix this -- it is on all their new machines 

[majadgn]

going to reboot and test now..

[Dale_Y]

Yes, kept hitting the function keys - found this http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02035108&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_US...

page to change the bios and reverse the funtion key to "normal".

I have a dm1.