This "amazing" technology is called "Action Keys Mode", and the good news is that it is very easily turned off to get your laptop back to working the standard way of having to press the fn key.
I noticed my fn key can be 'locked' so that it would trigger the f-keys correctly. For the detailed usage method, refer to the user manual. This document describes the keyboard differences for each language. when you press any of the function keys, like F1 for help or F5 to refresh, then instead of triggering the Funtion-keys, it changes the volume or something random), very annoying. The fingerprint reader module is located within the keyboard area on HP ENVY and Spectre notebook PC models and will integrate the following new functions in the keyboard. By default you do not need to press the (fn) key to get function key functionality.Įxample: If you press F5 (even in a browser window) it turns the backlit keyboard on and off, rather than refreshing the browser. On my HP EliteBook the default setting is also that the fn button is inverse (i.e. The HP Folio is a slim, business-focused 13 notebook with a rich, glossy display, and incredible battery life. Not sure what those pesky engineers at HP were thinking when they decided to change the default way the function (fn) keys work on the newer HP ENVY laptops. The latest Ultrabook in my collection is the HP Folio. Well, except for one little thing that drove my crazy.
HP ENVY FLIP FUNCTION KEYS DRIVER
Go to HP Customer Support - Software and Driver Downloads, identify your computer, and then look for keyboard drivers. Just got a new HP ENVY 15 and so far I love it. If pressing any of the function keys does nothing while the rest of the keys are working properly, you need to replace the function key driver. As the function keys on the hp envy all-in-one way My understanding is that you would like to know the meaning behind.