hotkeys

Hiya folks, I've got a 2011 Razer Blade 17" laptop. I've refurbished it and have it running a fully updated instance of Windows 10 with the switchblade UI working as well. One issue I am having is that the hotkeys for adjusting the screen brightness (FN + F8, F9) do not work when Windows...

I run 3x monitors. On the third monitor a small 7" which is actually inside my case I want to display a program that shows temps, fan speed, etc... Regardless, anytime the system goes to sleep, powers off OR something takes control of the video such as a game launch in fullscreen windows moves...

Hi guys, I'm having trouble with inputting stuff in Japanese. I have a standard European/American keyboard and normally this means that whenever I press "s" and "a" I'd get "さ" (Japanese "sa"), but now for every button I press a character appears (e.g. if I press "s" the result is "と" (Japanese...

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Hi, Hope I came to the right place. In 'windows 10' You have a option under power plan to select quick start , It works very well but,num lock key will not come on when pc starts up. Is there a way round this? Tried usual fixes ie 'HOTKEY LOCAL MACHINE USERS' etc, but I can't get it to work...

I brought a new laptop g50-70 and I'm not able to open it. even after following the instructions like pressing the nova button and I changed the hotkeys from enable to disable....even though I'm not able to open it kindly please help me out

Hi: I am not sure if what I want to do is possible, but here goes: I would like to be able to create hotkeys within Win 8.1 with frequently used phrases, i.e., email address, postal address, name, and so on...Is it possible to do this within Windows or do I need an external program? If so, could...

Hi, I recently lost my win key , which used to open the start menu, so I upgraded to 8.1. thinking that may fix it, wrong! Now it still don't work , but I'm not sure if it is suppose to in 8.1 seeing they put the logo back on. Any way after upgrading now none of the keys work except the number...

Hi! I'm using two keyboard layouts: Colemak and a Russian one, and those are the only 2 layouts I selected in the control panel. When I play StarCraft 2, sometimes, suddenly and without any kind of warning, my keyboard layout changes to regular English Qwerty. Pressing Alt+Shift switches...

Function Keys help, mine stopped working had my new asus laptop for a week and up until today windows media player 12 fn media keys stopped working. Before, i could have wmp minimized and still change the song pressing Fn and the arrow keys but now they stopped working. i would be able to play...

Hello, Changing of keyboard layout in my system is Alt-Shift. When you're working in Word, other office applications or browse somewhere - you often shift from 1 language to another. In case you accidentally did not press alt-shift properly and pressed only alt - your cursor will jump to the...

Fixes an issue in which the displayed hotkeys do not work correctly in the Problem Steps Recorder tool. This issue occurs on a computer that is running a localized version of Windows 7 or of Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

In the last few weeks my media functions/hotkeys for both my keyboard and media remote have stopped working, for example the volume keys. -haven't done any updates -have tried restarting obviously -have tried using different usb for both affected devices -haven't introduced any new hardware -but...

As you may note from this question, I am not a skilled user. I run dual monitors on a dell desktop with windows 7 pro. All was good until recently and now whenever typing if I use the 1 and 2 number keys on qwerty (not number pad) the window I am working in jumps monitors. Apparently I...

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Fixes a problem in Windows 7 where you may not be able to shut down your computer or put your computer into sleep. Additionally, certain hotkeys do not work as expected. More...

I just recently bought an HP Pavilion p6730f BV533AA#ABA Desktop PC - Intel Core i3-550 3.2GHz, 6GB DDR3, 1.5TB HDD, DVDRW, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Right out of the box it started acting a little touchy. I bought to get a project done for a client, so immediately I installed Adobe...

I've discovered this a.m. that I can't access Safe Mode through the normal F8. I used to listen to the post beep and then press F8 once and I'd be straight in. Now pushing F8 once or repeatedly tapping F8 just carries on to the normal boot. What have I changed recently? Well, I removed Windows...

Hi My 'ctrl' key somehow becomes assigned to new and strange functions, like opening the start menu, opening 'help' guides, changing zoom and even tabs on firefox, and things like that. It has happened a few times now, and as mysteriously as it happens it also eventually goes off. Does anyone...

Last night, without any reason, my F4, F5, F6, and Esc keys stopped working. It solved itself, but shortly afterwords it did it again, and even after two reboots I cannot get them to work again. I use hotkeys all the time in Firefox and elsewhere, and these are probably my most-used keys...