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

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I have a more complicated problem, I have a Toshiba m45-s265 with XP. I've been searching the net all net for a possible fix.. it seems a few other people have the same issues with their Toshibas. So ok heres my problem, theres some malfuction inside the board itself. When its tilted the fn key lights up and then bam you cant type jack****!.. somethings loose, I dunno.. my warantees expired, replacement isnt an option at this moment. id did some searching and I've waisted a whole night filtering through crap and not getting my answer.. What I want to do is just disable it.. i havent found any third party program that allows remapping of the fn key. If you know of any for this situation please tell me, i grow weary. I tired looking for a process to disable or delete but no luck. The last thing I can thing of is deleting a possible regestry if there is one. As one other mention in a different forum it turns into an obbsession. So as u can see this is quite a perdiciment...I just got a gut feeling i can handle this internally through the OS as is i have no use for the fn key because ive grown a burning hatred to get rid of it! Im not gunna give up just yet and if u can help email me at [Email Address Removed] >>>> dont mind the name im an anarchist and its a statement :D

Thanks Bro.... U r Great .... problem solved ................ just a press on Num Lock

oh my gosh. thank you so much. i thought that my FN key got stuck in reverse or something.
this is embarrassing for me too, because i work with computers as a profesion..

Your article has been very helpful, had the same problem with my laptop. Am getting normal keys again. Thanks a lot!

THANK YOU!!! This has hapened to me before and had no idea how I turned it off!! I'll keep this in my memory bank!

You are my hero of today! Couldn't find anywhere how to turn it off again.

Very clear explanation very satisfied

thanks; had the same issue, due to a cat; solved now with your help.

I had no idea that num loc switched on the fn key - couldn't work out what was happening.

Thanks ever so much

thank you, so simple when you know how. I was going crazy with the Fn key.

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