Windows 10: Cannot use volume without FN key?

Discus and support Cannot use volume without FN key? in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I don’t know what happened but my Toshiba laptop Windows 10 now requires me to press the FN key to use the volume keys when I turned it on today. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by SharpedoWitchMeruna, Mar 6, 2020.

  1. Cannot use volume without FN key?


    I don’t know what happened but my Toshiba laptop Windows 10 now requires me to press the FN key to use the volume keys when I turned it on today. I tried toggling between special and standard in the BIOS menu but it made no difference which one I picked when I tried both. Nothing is working and I need it back to where I don’t need to FN key to use the volume.

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    SharpedoWitchMeruna, Mar 6, 2020
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  2. FN key always on

    To clarify, I was saying "Accessibility" features maybe be controlled via the BIOS, not the Fn keys. And one of the Accessibility features makes the keys "sticky". This allows folks with some disabilities to press, for example, the Ctrl key, then the Alt key, and then Del in sequence instead of all at once. Same with the Fn key. The sticky feature would let you first press the Fn key, and then the F9 key (for example) and not Fn + F9 at the same time to enable/disable whatever Fn + F9 does with that notebook (it is the touchpad on my Toshiba).
     
    Bill_Bright, Mar 6, 2020
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  3. Drone Win User
    FN key always on

    Fn key got absolutely nothing to do with BIOS.

    It just requires some bizarre combination. One of this should do the trick:

    fn + scrl
    fn+ num
    fn + F11
    fn + F8
     
    Drone, Mar 6, 2020
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  4. P4-630 Win User

    Cannot use volume without FN key?

    New laptop FN keys not working [Solved]

    The FN key seems to be a toggle , I don't need to press it every time I want to adjust the volume or brightness.
    With all my previous laptops I needed to press the FN key WITH the f key I needed to use, so it works slightly different on this laptop than what I'm used to.
     
    P4-630, Mar 6, 2020
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