Making F1-F12 keys the default on Dell Inspiron 1545

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I've been given a laptop at work, a Dell Inspiron 1545, which I find pretty good, except for the F1-F12 keys.

Being a programmer and a poweruser of several programs, I need to use them a lot, and here they are inverted, you need to press the Fn key to get access to them, and you get the volume up/down, brightness. wireless on/off stuff without pressing the Fn.
Is there any way (or hack) to make them the other way around?? F1-F12 just by pressing the key, and the extra functions using Fn?

Its driving me crazy! Specially turning off the wireless when I want to rename stuff!

thanks!

Best Answer

In many Dells there's a BIOS setting that will default Fn to on. There probably will be in the 1545.

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It is quite powerful, from what I experienced. According to their key list, your key should be supported:

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If it has a special code, you can also retrieve it, following instructions on the same page.

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