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‎02-07-2012 06:28 AM

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Generally speaking, in Microsoft based operating systems the quickest and easiest combo is to use the "[CTRL]-[C]" combination.

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‎02-15-2012 08:59 AM

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I am also having problems with finding a break key for a HP Pavilion dv7-6b51ea Entertainment Notebook PC. I have tried all the possibilities listed in these posts and none seem to work.

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‎02-15-2012 09:10 AM

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Mine is an HP g4 series, but maybe this will work on yours too.  Here's what I found worked for the break function.

 

CTRL-ALT-FN-SHIFT

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‎02-15-2012 09:32 AM

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Thank you for your reply, debwalke, but that is not working for me in either Access or Excel.
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‎02-15-2012 01:48 PM

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The CNTL ALT FN SHIFT key sequence did not generate a break for me either.

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‎02-23-2012 05:58 AM

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I wrote to HP and they replied that I should try the on screen keyboard (osk.exe), which works, you can press Control on the keyboard and click Pause, but this is completely unsatisfactory for me. Other people have mentioned AutoHotKey, a free utility, but it also runs in background. I use my laptop for advanced macro coding so none of these are satusfactory, and i do not believe there are satisfactory for gamers, either. 

 

I chose to use  http://www.randyrants.com/2008/12/sharpkeys_30.html to remap keys such as putting the dratted media keys back to functions keys, but first, I needed a break key, and for that, I used this registry hack:

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,46,e0,44,00,00,00,00,00

 

Which I got here: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19285247.aspx

 

Needless to say, but I will say it anyway, tampering with the registry can be fatal to your computer, but if you know what you are doing, this combination has worked well for me.

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‎02-23-2012 11:14 AM

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Thank you, remoul.  Good info.   I too tried a keyboard mapper (not sure which ones I tried) for the accursed function keys, but they had issues with the F5 key because there wasn't a 'non function key' action assigned to the key.  So they didn't register the keypress when mapping.  How did you handle that?

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‎02-23-2012 12:33 PM

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F5 was not on my todo list, but if I find a solution, I will get back to you.
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‎02-23-2012 12:51 PM - last edited on ‎04-18-2016 04:24 PM by HP Administrator

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I found this: http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c02035108

 

Which disables the fn for function keys. i have tested and I am deliriously happy.

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‎02-27-2012 04:53 PM

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Awesome!  You are a god!

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