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

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Thanks i was trying for hours but couldnt find a website that had this question.

many thanks Pierce

Thanks. I have the same issue. It has now been fixed.. I need to hold Fn key ,while press Num Lk to unlock it.
Many Thanks.

Call me stupid, but your site helps me out greatly. Thanks!

omg thank u been like months couldn't figure this damn thing out thanks . by holding the fn key and then f9 or pad lock i did it!

Thanks a lot... ur like god in need... IBM itself has no information to turn off fn key.... it wasted my 2 hrs.... Lastly i could find it here..

thanks a lot...

I was having the same probs...now im sorted...thanx to this site....i thought i was going to have to go through all the books...so thank youuuuuuu

This trick was great i thought that i had to replace my laptop keyboard!!!!

Hi Buddy, thanks very much. You are a don. Cheers!!

I updated to Windowsxp sp2 and i use the the login so when the window pop up for me to put the pw i couldn't type any leter j, k. even i tried that numlk. If i press the fn key and or the shift key i can't type any letter. so any idea???

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