Why do I have to hold down the "Fn" key to get normal letter?

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cheers. ive been trying the stupidest support page for the past one day. i have a vaio laptop. works fine, but incase of trouble, theres literally no support. tanx a million.

I do not have a num or a pad lock key. I tried the fn and the f11 keys but that did not work either. I have a Gateway laptop. Can anyone help me?

I have a gateway laptop aswell. You do have a num lck key. It just looks different. Hold the Fn key and hit the scroll buttin, (it should have scroll, then a picture of a lock with the number 1 in it.). This worked for me:)

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! I thought I was going to scream! but with your help my laptop is working again!

Thanks to this site i fixed the same problem i had with my laptop.My dealer couldnt do it for me.

For GATEWAY users, the numlock key is on the scroll key and looks like a padlock with a '1' in it...i.e. 'number' 'lock'. Cute but a pain in the ...for those of us without an imagination or looking for something else, but for small keys, a symbol is easier to fit than several letters I guess. Anyway, thanks for the tip and it worked for me!

My problem is why is the keyboard backwards locked since I installed a wireless keyboard? I shouldn't have to use num lock to use the regular keys in the first place.

I absoloutely love you Leo that was so helpful, my typing was seriously slowing down when i had to hold the fn button and you taught me something new.

Thankyou!!! This has fixed a recurring (and verrrrrrry annoying) problem I've been having.

Thanks Leo. You're my hero of the day. I thought my laptop was infected with a virus. You saved me lots of time. turned off the "num lk" on my Compaq Presario C700.

I was happy to find this website, but your answer doesn't seem to work for my laptop. I have an HP that I just bought in Sept/09. I have more of those blue keys than your keyboard, Leo, but your suggestion doesn't work for my computer. I dont' know which keys I accidentally hit to turn the blue keys on, but all of a sudden they are on and I can't turn them off unless I restart my computer. I think I'm turning the blues on with a mistype using the caps lock or shift keys, but I can't figure it out no matter what combinations of keys I hit on purpose. Help!

Thank you soooooo much it has been driving me mad. I knew it was something I had pressed but could not remember which key (it should have been the screen dump PrtSc key). You have saved me hours of frustration - thank you again.

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