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From: Richard Bonner on 29 Jun 2010 06:58
Mark Tangard (mtangard(a)speakeasy.net) wrote:

> BillW50 wrote:

> > Mark Tangard typed on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:23:09 -0800:
> >
> >>Laptop newbie here. Our needs for our Windows (XP) laptop are
> >>extremely basic -- we just want its keyboard to act exactly like that
> >>on the nearby desktop PC, specifically the function keys (F1, F2,
> >>etc.). Dell has a different idea, and we find we must hold down Fn
> >>before pressing any of the function keys to make them recognized for
> >>their usual (as in: desktop PC) function. Is there some simple
> >>adjustment to make this happen? TIA.

> > Are you sure that is a Dell laptop? As the only ones I know that does
> > this is those Dell netbooks. And no, you can't change it because it is
> > firmware coded into the BIOS. So the only way around it (besides not
> > getting a Dell netbook) is to use an external keyboard.
> > --
> > Bill

*** There may be a CMOS function to change this.


> Ah yes, sorry, it's the sub-laptop variety (their "mini"). Bummer. (We
> do already have an external KB for home, but that's no fun to take on a
> plane...)

*** You might look into a folding or roll-up keyboard.

--
Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
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