How to change key functions? - Acer TravelMate 212TX Notebook

I think you need to be in Programming Mode with the Programming Key.

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You need to restart (to enter in BIOS) your computer to change this.
While first black screen comes Press F2 or del (this may differ in your laptop).

If you post exact type of laptop i can see what bios you have, but you can look for yourself for it.

If a bios screen (may be unknown to you) appear then find Function Key Behavior select Multimedia Key First or Function Key First.

Function Key First

This is the default option. Press any function key to perform the associated function. For multimedia action, press Fn + the required multimedia key.

Multimedia Key First

Press any multimedia key to perform the associated multimedia action. For function, press Fn + the required function key.

Are you pressing the 'Fn' key (usually blue lettering) to the left of the space bar before trying the function key for brightness?

Laptop function keys are either set to function as regular function keys or as system specific function keys, like volume and brightness control, when the system starts up. When you hold the Fn key, it makes that key do 'the other' function. These settings can be changed in the BIOS, of EFI settings. Though changing them is easy, you may want a semi-tech-savy friend to help the first time.

All the best to you,
KerryHos

You can set the function keys to act as "function Keys" or to work on the pictures that are printed on the function keys. To change it you need to enter the BIOS by pressing a key during the initial boot up of your computer. It will show you on the screen what to press as you boot it up, you usually only have a few seconds. If you don't know how to do it for your computer check your owners manual for how to enter BIOS, once in BIOS look for a setting to "change action key mode" or a reference to function keys. Change this setting then save changes and reboot your computer, that should solve your problem.

Enter BIOS by pressing F2 or DEL or F10 (try all), and see if there is a Function key option. Change it, save and exit. If everything else is working fine, you can also try to push and hold Fn key and then press a function key.

You have activated the number lock on your laptop to unlock press the "fn" function key and 'NumLk" key that should get it back to normal

hi...

To select a function for the right selection key for some other
functions,

press Menu, ----> select Settings,------> Personal shortcuts.

Select Right selection key to set a function for the right selection key. Scroll to a function and select it.


thanx

You can change the settings by going to BIOS. To go to BIOS, restart the system and as soon as you restart, start tapping the <F2> key located on the keyboard. This will take you to BIOS.
You can use the Function Key Behavior setting in the System Setup (BIOS) utility to configure the media control keys. The options in the Function Key Behaviour setting are:
Multimedia Key First - This is the default option. Press any multimedia key directly. For function key, press <Fn> + the required function key.
Function Key First - Press any function key directly. For multimedia key, press <Fn> + the required multimedia key.

I've run into this a lot myself and personally find it annoying more than useful. While typing, your punctuation keys suddenly switch to their french functions. By defaul, Vista assigns a keyboard shortcut fo changing input languages.

This shortcut is ctrl+shift - a very easy combination to press by mistake. To solve this problem, just press crtl+shift until you're back to english. You can change this shortcut or disable it all together.

Open the control panel then click "change keyboards or other input methods" under "clock, language and region". In the window that pops up, click "change keyboards..." then select the "advanced key settings" tab. This is where you can edit and disable language related shortcuts. To change one, click on the profile and then click "change key sequence". Under "switch keyboard layout", select "unassigned" to disable that shortcut.

Arrow keys move the cursor into fields + or - keys change the values of the fields.