Driver for FN keys

[TGMadsen]

Hi,

I can't seem to find at driver or software for the FN keys on my HP 820 G2. Neither for Windows 8.1 x64 nor Windows 10 x64 which I'm currently using.

Can anyone help?

Best regards

TGMadsen

[freedomdwarf]

Function keys don't require a driver - it is hardware, just like the Shift key, you just press the Fn key with whatever other function key you want to use.

But.... whatever function is actually assigned to each key is a different matter (and can be changed) - that is a software driver and each device will often have a set of drivers for whatever functions they want to use.

You need to be a little more specific about what sort of thing you are asking for.

If it is for 'standard' HP key support (brightness up/down etc), you should find the driver for it on the HP support site for your laptop under extended keyboard drivers.

[TGMadsen]

Thanks for your reply 🙂

On Windows 7 I had onscreen notifications, or whatever it's called, when pressing FN + Volume up or down for instance. On Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 only some of them works. FN + Volume up and down works, but FN + F9 and F10 for display brightness down and up does not. Neither does FN + F8 (sound off). I can't change display brightness at all so those keys doesn't work. I could accept it if they worked but with no notifications on screen when pressing them, but in this case they don't work at all.

On Windows 7 I recall something about installing 'Essential System Updates' from HP in order to make them all work but I can't find such packages for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

Best regards

TGMadsen

[freedomdwarf]

That certainly sounds like a driver issue under Windows 8/10.

The only people that can fix that would be HP themselves.

If there is nothing listed in the Support section for an update and nobody has found a solution in the forum section, I guess you'll either have to live with it or roll back to Windows 7.

Another great reason not to upgrade from XP/7 - newer isn't always better!  :cathappy: