I just bought this laptop.
It's a Gateway branded Toshiba laptop. The F-keys (F1 … F12) all have default and alternate actions. Default actions are when you press the key, alternate actions are achieved by holding the Fn key and pressing them.
The problem I have is that the "unusual" actions (like Gateway backup) are the defaults for the F keys. So when I press F5 to refresh, it uses the alternate functionality (try to connect to a projector).
How can I flip the default and alternate functionality, i.e. make F5 a real "F5" and not the special key functions?
Best Answer
Usually there is a BIOS/CMOS setting to select the default functionality of those keys.
Check there for an option which chooses F-keys or functions, something like that.
Really that's the only place to look, as the Fn-Fx keystrokes are interpreted by the hardware long before the OS sees the input. On some older machines, there was a control panel applet which twiddled bits in the cmos settings to change things. Icky.