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

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So glad to find the answer. i have to assume that my cat turned the Fn key on as she likes to walk on my computer while I type.

Thank you sooo much, this has been driving me crazy. I let my three yr old play on Disney and the next time I try typing I find that the Fn is stuck, what a pain. THANK YOU!!

Hey, thanks a lot for the article, could you maybe also help me in the case, that my "num lk"-key is not working. is it possible to disable the fn-keys at all?

Thanks a lot in advance

Evgeny

Thanks, Leo. You are a lifesaver! I'd been to Microsoft's page and they wanted to charge me $60 to ask a question. That's crazy. It seems like they could put that type of information into their help menu (where I've been searching the past week). Leo, you're great! BTW-my fiance' is named Leo, too. It must be code name for great guy!

Wow, really tnx for this one!!

Excellent article, very easy to read, understand and an actual fix. I appreciated a quick and easy fix.

Thanks!!

Thanks so much Leo, this was so helpful...wasnt sure how my Fn key was turned on but i followed your instructions and "Fn + NumLk" solved the problem....thanks!!!

Wow, this is amazing, I thought that my laptop was just getting ruined (as I do let my daycare use it often). I never would have thought of the nUM lock key changing the FN keys, maybe I should have considering lots of them are numbers ! Thanks so much for solving a real irritating problem !

Chris

I have a different problem though..why is it that when I hold down the Fn key, some of the keys won't work. Specifically the numbers on 789 uio jkl, all the other function keys work except for those keys.

oh.. dont mind my previous comment. I already found a solution for it. thanks anyway! u just have press fn f12 and numlk all at the same time. thanks!

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