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‎01-09-2024 02:10 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion Laptop PC 15-eg3000 (78G47AV)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

I have a new (couple of months old) wireless keyboard I use with my laptop. There are three lights / symbols above the numeric keypad. The one on the left lights up when Num Lock is on. The centre one lights up when Caps Lock is on. The one on the right has a Padlock Icon with an 'f' inside it. I've always been frustrated that Num Lock doesn't stay on. Every time I start the laptop I have to press Num Lock - often two or three times to get it to stay on. And, often, it is on (ie. numeric keypad is displaying numbers) but the Num Lock light is not on. So it is always a guessing game whether the numeric keypad is working when trying to enter a number to unlock the computer when I switch it on. Having had the keyboard in a suitcase over the weekend, the Padlock light is now on and Nums Lock is working as it should. I.e. if you press it the light comes on and the keypad shows numbers - and it now seems to stay on. Which is great. But, what is the Padlock Icon with an 'f' in it doing? How did it get switched on. How can you switch it off?

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