How to turn f8 key off without fn key

[ImJustBenji]

My fn and my f8 keys do not work anymore. F8 key turns of the pc's and my headphones mic preventing me from talking to my friends when I play. Just want to know if there is a way of turning it off without physically pressing those 2 keys.

[jorkki]

It may depend on the application you are using for the voice connection. Usually those apps take control ot the microphone device and usually also have a mute function built in.

I think most headsets that have a microphone also have a mute button built in that should work to mute the external microphone. Normally the internal mic would be disabled when you plug in the external one if everything is working as it should. If this doesn't happen you can check in the next phase if it helps to disable the internal mic from the mixer.

You can test though if you can mute and unmute with the Windows settings during the game (provided you can bring up the  Windows sound controls up to the display when playing or if you have dual displays)

Right click on the speaker icon and select Recording devices.

Right click on the microphone you want to control and select properties

Click on Levels and click on the small speaker icon. You should now see the red muted sign

Now try to talk to your friend and see if it worked and if you can unmute the same way.

I'm sure there are also other ways, e.g. writing a script to temporarily disable the microphone device and assigning that to a keyboard macro etc. You may have to do some Googling around to find a working solution.

[ImJustBenji · Accepted solution]

Sir you are a technical genius (or i am just dumb) and you have saved my unixisting gaming career. I appreciate it. Have a good day.