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01-19-2019 12:43 PM
The wireless white keyboard included in the HP Pavilion All-in-One 24-r159c package has a (fn) key, in the lower left side of the keyboard layout. Typically this (fn) button is pressed only when the user want to use the added multimedia functionalities on the top row of the keyboard (F1, F2, F3, .... and F12 keys) such as (increase volume, decrease volume, mute, increase screen light, decrease screen light, etc). If the user DID NOT press (fn) key then the functionality keys (F1, F2, F3, .... and F12 keys) will result normal functions such as (F1 for help, F2 for files renaming, F3 for Find, .. and so on).
However in this bundled keyboard however the default setting is exactly the opposite: F1, F2, F3, .. up to F12 keys are multimedia keys BY DEFAULT. If the user want to the windows functionalities (F1 for help, F2 for files renaming, F3 for Find, .. and so on) then the user MUST press (fn) first. This makes the whole desktop computing experience quite awkward to me.
Is there a way to switch the way around for (fn) key? or to disable the setting? the keyboard does not have any button to do that. The BIOS setting does not have anything to do with the keyboard. The computer screen does not have any indicator to do that. Windows 10 does not have any setting for it.
HP Support Forums have many answers that lead to BIOS settings but that works only in laptops. This All-in-One does not have a BIOS that can work the suggested solutions.
What can be done to fix this?
Image of the wireless keyboard https://cdn.alzashop.com/ImgW.ashx?fd=f3&cd=HPBP0603c2o
Also https://store.hp.com/CanadaStore/Html/Merch/Images/c05652638_500x367.jpg
Thank you.