How do I enable the common keyboard command? alt-F4 [close this] and others are disabled. new comp

[dales2ale]

The common keyboard commands [alt-F4, etc.] are disabled on my new laptop. I have looked at the help menu and have not found a menu or box that appears to deal with this.

[banhien]

Hi,

What is your new machine ? Does it have a blue Fn key ? You may have to disable that key, please read this.

Regards

[dales2ale]

HP Pavillion dv6-3131nr
Yes, nearly all laptops have an Fn key. My other laptops have Fn keys and the keyboard commands work on them.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can remap keyboard using software or something like this (same for Windows 7).

Regards

[dales2ale]

BH's solution certainly deals with the problem. The bigger issue is why would a computer manufacture ship a computer with keys remapped? Those underlined keys in the menu's become meaningless, functioning keyboard commands decrease tension in the wrist and put off the on set of carpel tunnel. Well that is my view. BH was right there with answer I needed. After posting my question I discovered that fn-F4, closed browsers, but not in Spider Solitaire. That key combination brought up the Statistics window. Could the source be a rogue tech on the assemble line?

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