function keys

Is it possible to record often used text like e-mail addresses or any other text so it can be inserted at will in any form? I am using Firefox and IE

So I Had to reinstall win7(64 bit home prem) because of a defective hard drive. So I Reinstalled and I don't have the Extra Software, Inspiron specific maybe? I.E CAps Lock notification, Audio Pop up thingy, For the F-Keys. O and I can't use the trackpad scroll.

I googled it and got vague answers, So i'll get straight to it. Is there a way onnn a Win7 inspiron to make it so that the F1,F2,F3 etc. are that by default vs. Dim screen and whatever.

Hi, I recently purchased my HP Pavillion dv5 laptop, and it has windows 7. I have another Windows 7 laptop as well. However on this laptop, whenever I press the f1 button, the help menu appears. The f2, screen dims, f3 screen brightens, so on and so forth. This woulden't be much of a problem...

I re-loaded Windows 7 on my Sony VGN FZ290 and now there is no external monitor available. I went to the settings under display and it only shows one monitor available. Shift FN and F7 does nothing as well. Thanks jorge

Hi, I was wondering if there was any way I could change the PgUp/PgDn buttons on the side of my laptop into VolumeUp/VolumeDown buttons since I never use them. I really don't like having to press the Fn+F11/F12 to change the volume since it is a combination and the two buttons are really far...

Hi All, I have a problem with my On Screen Display in that, i.e.when i tap the wireless card button on /off or press 2nd function key and F8 to mute/unmute, i no longer get the small OSD that shows quickly over the top of whatever is open to notify you of your hardware/applications controls...

Hi all. Is there a way, preferably through either group policy editor or registry editor, that function keys (F1 to F12) can be disabled? Means if the user presses F3 on the keyboard, the search windows explorer should not appear. This is for my project's requirements, so I sincerely and...

Hi everyone. I'm sure this is going to seem completely shocking, but I'm having a problem with Windows 7 and my 1tb Simple Tech Simpledrive usb external hard drive. I've used the search feature on this forum and have tried the recommended remedies for this, such as renaming my dvd drive, and...

Hi I have made an installaation Win 7 Prof. 32 bit. When I had it as an upgrade everything worked fine. But after making a "clean" installation are missing some (or rather the most) of my "FN" Keys. Do any other have experienced same problems on Medion MD96850. I read the string abouth Sony...

PLEASE HELP i have a vaio vgn-cs120j with windows vista home premium preinstalled on it everything was working fine but when i installed windows 7 on it the fn and touch sensor av control keys are not working please help

On some newer systems (even home built), the function key message for entering Setup (or any other message) disappears before you get a chance to read it and some monitors are slow to display text when powering up the system, so you may have to reboot to read it again. So, during the boot...

Hi! I just upgraded my laptop to windows 7. It is asus k50IN and it is claimed that it is compatible to windows 7 as stated in the asus site. However, there are some keys that do not function as before e.g. escape key and function key. There are applications that I cannot exit from fullscreen by...

Hi all, My dell laptop came with the Fn keys mapped to multimedia keys (like play/pause, screen brightness, wireless switch, etc). I want some of these to keep their original meaning, and some of them to be mapped to the normal F1-12 keys. So I went into the bios, changed the fn key behavior to...

All, I am running Windows 7, and currently using a Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard 1.0a. This keyboard has a rather disconcerting feature called the "f-lock", which is a key that you must press if you wish to have access to the function keys F1 thru' F12. The problem with this f-lock key is...

hi all, ok, im using an EMACHINES E525, & im dual-booting with Win7 & ubuntu-linux, & my question is this: my laptop has a blue 'fn' key which can be used with another key to brighten/dim the display, however, i cannot get it to work, ive looked all over the net & i just cant seem to find...

I have a Toshiba Tecra M9 (PTM91C - TG109C). Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100. 2GB of Ram I was using Vista (32-bit) until I received a free download of Windows 7 (64-bit) from my university. Since installing windows 7, I have been experiencing several problems. I randomly get a...

I want help. I have toshiba satalet a305 laptop earlier I had windows vista and I used to connect my laptop to TV using S-Video cable and FN F5 key now i upgraded my operating system to win 7 and from then I am unable to connect to TV as my F5 it seems does not work does anybody else faced the...

Hi to all! Using a Toshiba laptop Satellite P200 RT-3 I just upgraded from Vista to Win7 Ultimate. Now everything is so much faster and enjoyable. I had problems with my webcam but found the necessary driver. Behold I have 3 other problems: my fn keys do not work F1 F2 ...

upgraded from vista to home premium on my fujitsu seimens amilo laptop now the f keys aren't working and 1 of them is to turn my wireless on? any ideas please:redface: