HP pavilion - disable keyboard function "fn" key

[billyodd]

Hi guys.
Did you figure this out?
I also have a HP Pavilion dv6 and I have to press FN key and F5 to refresh a webpage.
How do I reset the FN-settings to "standard" keyboard solutions?

[billyodd]

Did you figure it out?
I have the same "FN" - problem

[RajiGodbole]

Sorry to disappoint you.. but I gave up!

I'm cursing HP every day because of this... why on earth would they want to force it on everyone like this?    

[billyodd]

Ok. thanks for replying.
have you spoken with their support about it?
So they don't have any solution for it.... So they expect us to buy an additional keyboard instead?
!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Tim_dv6b00]

I went from the HP Compaq Evo8710p, which I loved, to the Pavilion Dv6t quad....not so much love so far.  I see what they were going for but lets face the facts THIS IS NOT A MACBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!  on the Evo the secondary functions that are now on the F keys were above the keyboard.  The only button they carried over was the completely useless web browser launch key.  Why HP why!  I am looking for a keyboard driver mod that allows the functions to switch.  If I find one I will post it here. 

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@lakum4hp wrote:

Hi there,

I have HP Pavilion dv6 laptop and I am a web developer. I have maximum user of function keys F1-F12, so all the time I need to press "fn" key + "Function Key(F1-F12)". This is making me boring. If I press just function key(F1-F12), it functions HP's predefined multimedia tasks like increase volume, mute, etc.

So is there any way to disable "fn" key and I can use it vice a versa. I want all function keys(F1-F12) to perform their actual tasks like F1 for Help, F5 for page refresh, etc like a normal keyboard. And if I want to use them as multimedia keys, then I can use them with "fn" key.

Please help.

Thanks.

[SoupSultan]

Here is the solution

1. Shutdown your Laptop
2. Press Power button to turn on your Laptop.
3. Press F10 button 2-3 times while Laptop starts booting up before windows OS takes over. Then it’s too late and you will have to restart you’re the process.
4. You will enter into BIOS screen (Kind of mix of Blue/Grey and White)
   1. Use right arrow key to navigate to “System Configuration” menu (till it gets highlighted).
   2. Use down to arrow to navigate to “Actions Keys Mode”.
   3. Press “Enter” key.
   4. Use Up arrow to highlight “Disabled” option.
   5. Press “Enter” key.
   6. Press F10 to “Save & Exit”.
   7. Press “Enter” Key. (To accept changes.)
   8. Your laptop will restart and you will have your Finction keys (F1-F12) back.

Hope this helps.

[betabilly]

You have to go into bios settings to turn the F key on. 

[lanceaprice]

CTRL F5 works for refresh on Google Chrome.  Haven't tried Ctrl before the other keys to see if  they work as well but you might want to give that a try. 

[JustJohn]

Thank you, SoupSultan, that worked perfectly.  I too am a web developer and desperately need to use the F keys often...

The nomenclature in the BIOS is a little funky, "enable" and "disable" is really not proper, "disable" really reverses it, so now the F keys work as they do on every computer and the Fn key allows you to use HP's special key function.  

[SHn]

SoupSultan -- thank you, your solution worked for me, too.  The only thing I needed to do differently was in your "Step 3", I needed to press the "Esc" key while the laptop was booting up (per the message in the lower left corner of the screen) to enter the SetUp Utility, then press the F10 key to access the BIOS screen.

I am using an HP Pavilion dv6.

HP: really, you should make this easier for mid-level computer users to change.