How do I turn off fn lock?

FORGEARD, Kaitlyn (kforg1) 60 Reputation points
2023-07-16T04:13:16.02+00:00

My volume and brightness keys aren't controlling my volume and brightness. I know it has something to do with my fn key, because when I hold my fn key and press the volume or brightness, they do what they are supposed to do. How do I turn off the fn lock? I looked it up and tried holding down esc and fn, caps lock and fn and alt and fn but none of them worked. What do I do?

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  1. Breno Portas Tribes 85 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2025-01-09T17:08:30.55+00:00

    Some notebooks have a small lock icon on same key, which could be on same F1-12 or ESC key.

    If you press and hold the function key and press the lock icon, this action will solve your issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-23T08:17:34.7166667+00:00

    Hello

    You can turn off the fn lock by following these steps:

    1. Press the Windows key + X and select Device Manager from the menu.
    2. Expand the Keyboards category and right-click on your keyboard device. Select Update driver from the context menu.
    3. Choose Search automatically for updated driver software and follow the on-screen instructions.
    4. Restart your computer and check if the fn lock is off.

    Best Regards,

    Hania Lian

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  3. Shiffa Mohammed 0 Reputation points
    2025-05-01T19:53:54.58+00:00

    I am a user, on my HP laptop, this worked fine,

    to change the action key setting from the BIOS Setup Utility.

    1. While booting the computer press the f10 key in quick successions to open the BIOS Setup Utility.

    2. Press the right or left arrow key to select the System Configuration menu.

    3. Press the up or down arrow key to select Action Keys Mode.

    4.Press the enter key to display the Enabled / Disabled options.

    5.Press the up or down arrow key to select one of the options.

    o   Enabled: Does not require pressing fn to use the actions printed on the function keys.

    o   Disabled: Requires pressing fn to use the actions printed on the function keys.

    6. Press the f10 key to save the selection and restart the computer.

    With this I am able to use the F1-F12 keys (F1-help, F2-edit mode, F12-save as etc,) independently without Fn. Other functionalities such as volume control, brightness control, keyboard light control, etc., work with fn.

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