Step 1 Restart your Dell laptop.
Step 2 Watch the boot screen. Look for the notation at the bottom instructing you to "Press the XX key to enter system BIOS." In most Dell laptops, this will be noted as the "F2" key, but this may differ on your system. When the message appears, hold down the appropriate key to enter the BIOS screen. Related Reading: How to Disable Dell Support Alerts Step 3 Navigate to the "Advanced" tab by pressing the right arrow key. Step 4 Scroll down to "Function Key Behavior" on the "Advanced" tab by pressing the down button. Press "Enter." Step 5 Press the up/down arrow keys to move the selection to "Multimedia Key First." Step 6 Press "F10" to save your settings and exit. Step 7 Allow the system to reboot for the changes to take effect. On 12/13/15, Viraj Kafle <[email protected]> wrote: > The best way is to change the appropriate settings by going to BIOS. > Go to Advanced Settings>Function Key Behaviour and select the desired > option. It of course requires sighted assistance but it is worth it > once and for all. > > Regards. > > > > On 12/13/15, Umesha S E <[email protected]> wrote: >> Auto hot key >> www.autohotkey.com >> www.autohotkey.net/~Lexikos/AutoHotkey_L >> >> may come to your help. >> it is a programme to set your own shortcut keys and much more. you can >> remap keys to function as different keys. first you have to get the >> scan codes of the actual keys and write scripts to output the standerd >> function key commands. however, if the hardware is designed so that >> the keys bypass the windows and directly captured by the hardware, >> this cannot help you. try once. >> >> Umesha S E >> >> >> On 12/13/15, Ekinath Khedekar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Guys, >>> >>> May be I’ve discussed this before, but I am pretty frustrated with my >>> new Dell Inspiron 15 5558 lap top because I don’t know for what >>> purpose, but top line of function keys would not work as function keys >>> until ‘fn’ key is pressed along with it. >>> It forces me to press 3 or sometimes even 4 combinations of keys while >>> using JAWS. >>> >>> My friend tried solving it through bios, but he did not find relevant >>> option which is mentioned online. >>> >>> What can be done about it? >>> >>> Please guide >>> >>> Thanks and regards >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *************** >>> >>> "I am only one, but I am one. 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