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    Disabling function keys on an Dell XPS 13

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by moonhammer, Jul 27, 2012.

  1. moonhammer

    moonhammer Newbie

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    The computer has a physical problem with the keyboard. Hitting the "2", "3" and "4" keys triggers the search function, "F3". Is there anyway of disabling the search function keys or completely disabling all the function keys?
     
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    DELL_deepa Company Representative

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    Hi,

    My name is Deepa and I work for the Social Media and Community Team at Dell. Please click on start and type "mobility” in the search bar. It will open up windows mobility center for you. There you need to find function keys. In function key row you need to select function key in order to see your keyboard keys behaving normally. You cannot change the windows key hotkeys but you can just enable or disable them. For your information I would like to tell you that in windows 7 windows hotkeys are enabled by default. You can also refer to this link for more information on enabling or disabling the windows hotkeys:-

    Windows Key Shortcuts - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Forums

    For further help please reply.

    Thanks and Regards
    Dell_Deepa_R
    Dell Social Media Responder
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    DELL_deepa, Jul 27, 2012
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