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keyboard issue
Name: kimpowell Date: May 16, 2009 at 20:19:16 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
My beautiful grand daughter, who's 1, decided to type. Now, in order to use my dell Inspiron 1501, i have to hold the FN key down to type. Any suggestions on how to fix this issue?
Name: chrisman7 (by chrisman.7) Date: May 16, 2009 at 23:23:05 Pacific
Reply:
Hey check wether the Num lock is turned on, left to the turn on button you can see an icon with a lock symbol with number 9 ,check wether it's on,if it's on ,tap the "Num lock button" once ,( num lock button will be right above the "F11" Key ) , after turning off the Numlock ,you can enjoy ur computer
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Response Number 2
Name: kimpowell Date: May 17, 2009 at 06:08:00 Pacific
Reply:
Forgot to mention, when I don't hold down the FN key, when I type I get the numbers 62.
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Response Number 3
Name: kimpowell Date: May 17, 2009 at 06:32:21 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, tried the reply and it worked. Thank you very much.
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