The Function key allows the user of a business laptop to access additional functions for dual-use keys. It commonly controls hardware settings like brightness or volume. It's generally at the bottom ...

If you take a look at your laptop's keyboard, you'll notice that the top row keys have icons printed above, with "F" and a ...

Hewlett Packard, or HP, laptops feature special preset combination keys, called multimedia hotkeys and Quick Launch hotkeys, that instantly launch a computer application when pressed. For example, the ...

I have a Toshiba laptop, about 3 years old. I had some work done on it and when I got it back, the function FN key which works with certain commands on the pf keys would not work. Now I cannot change ...

My (slightly old) Toshiba Satellite has the Fn key placed between left Ctrl & Alt, where a Windows key would normally be. The Fn key is used in key combinations to control video out, lock the laptop, ...

Function (Fn) keys – F1, F2, F3, etc., come in handy for those who are in dire need of shortcuts on their keyboards. Laptops are usually equipped with such keys but desktop keyboards, especially the ...