Function keys acting not acting as function keys

[winemaker760]

As mentioned by others, the idea that the function keys, by default, act as media keys is just TERRIBLE.

Solution offered was to to hold fn-esc to lock them as function keys.  DID NOT WORK.  

How do I get my function keys to be function keys?

[Echo_Lake]

@winemaker760

Thank you for posting on HP Support Community.

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help, I have a few troubleshooting steps we could try to fix the issue:  
Use key press combinations to perform common tasks in Windows: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c02951398

Hope this helps! Keep me posted for further assistance.
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