My HotKeys Don't Work

Not sure if they're hot keys, but what I mean is that all the buttons that use "FN" no longer work...which means my volume, brightness, etc. I feel like I accidentally removed it from my start-up when I was trying to speed up my computer...but now I don't know how to get it back. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Stephanie

P.S. Along the same lines, when the drop down list appears when clicking a toolbar (ie. "FILE") - many of the items (like Print, Save As, etc) have one letter underlined. What does that mean? In fact, the tool bar headers even have one letter underlined. I thought it was a hotkey or something, but then there are some with "Ctrl +N" next to it. Always wanted to know...

 

the 'FN' key? not sure what that is unless you are using a laptop? If so try pressing SHIFT + ScrLk (scrolll lock) key to see if it helps.

For the other question: the underlined characters mean by using the alternate key (ALT) plus the underlined character you could active that menu option. These are generally known as application combo/hot keys.
Examples:
ALT + F = opens the File menu (IE top menu bar)
ALT + E = opens the Edit menu

did this help?

PS, some hot-key combos use CTRL key to which is typical to Windows environment.
Examples:
CTRL + X = to cut currently high-lighted item/text/etc.
CTRL + C = to copy currently high-lighted item/text/etc.
CTRL + V = to paste previously cut/copied item/text/etc.

 

Sounds like a laptop.

Have you checked to see if the hotkey software/drivers are still installed?

 

Hey you two, thanks so much for the replies. I didn't get a notification, so all of this time, I thought I was going unanswered.

1. Yes, I'm on a laptop.
2. Thanks for the ALT explaination...that makes sense and will be useful.
3. I don't know how to check if the hotkeys/drivers are installed.
4. the scroll lock works if I want to turn my letters into numbers, but nothing else.

Would love any more advice. STephanie

 

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-R505GL. I wanted to reiterate that I remember seeing a "hotkeys" at startup and I removed it not knowing what it was and that's when they stopped working. I looked into the program that I thought I used (Reg Cleaner) but it didn't have it there in the backup. anyway I can get it back or find out if it's in my computer and just needs to be setup again?

 

I figured it out. I had everything installed, just needed to click on them to start it again. Thanks for your help