Hi. Saw your post in the other thread.
Here's what worked for me:
(This is the solution posted by "Vinzzo" in the other thread.. Message 132 of 146.
I have cleaned up his grammar and typing (it's nearly impossible to read otherwise:
Here it is:
Go to the touchpad settings (fr Control panel / Devices)
- Make sure the touchpad is in the ON position--
- Press down the touchpad (I press it in the lower left corner completely pressed down
- WHILE holding it down, toggle OFF off the touchpad with a mouse (make sure it does it in one motion -- (meaning if it goes on on it won’t work) - So press the corner down, hold it, & switch to OFF, then move the mouse away from the button
- Let go of the touchpad
The keyboard light will stay on as long as you use the laptop (your touchpad will not work--that is the only downfall but if you have a mouse connected it doesn't really bother me ) but it definitely works been doing it for about a week now.
(When you restart the computer or shut it off you just have to redo it every time)
That's it in a nutshell. I tried this about 7-10 days ago, and I'm a new man. Backlight has been on shining bright ever since!
How arrogant and stupid of HP to decide that I need the backlight to go off, and not offer an option to change it.
(PS also found solution for a different problem on my HP-`5 I7 laptop:
Extended monitor gets messed up every time the screen sver goes on.. which itself is an issue because goes on even though i have it set not to).