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    Any way to change between FN / Media keys...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by stisev, Dec 15, 2010.

  1. stisev

    stisev Notebook Guru

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    ... WITHOUT going into the BIOS?

    Honestly, I love media keys, but they interfere with some of my gaming, and it is a major PITA to restart and change the setting every time I want to game for a little bit.

    Is there any way to change this on my L501x, running a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit?

    Thanks
     
    stisev, Dec 15, 2010
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    Gloomy Notebook Evangelist

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    Press the gears symbol on the touch sensitive shortcut keystrip. There's an option for switching the functionality.

    ...after you install Dell Quickset again of course.
     
    Gloomy, Dec 15, 2010
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    Damn, I have to install Dell Quickset. :)

    I will try this out and report back
     
    stisev, Dec 15, 2010
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    I installed the Quickset utility. I wonder what changes it is making. Perhaps a registry entry?
     
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    Go to "Windows Mobility Centre" by clicking the third flat button [icon = two small wheels] from the right on the panel where your "Power" button is located .

    In "Windows Mobility Centre", on the extreme left hand lower corner you will find "Fn Key Row", change either to "multimedia key" or "function key" . Et viola!
     
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    Yea, sucks that I have to install a program to do it. I wish there was another way.
     
    stisev, Dec 15, 2010
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