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Old April 22nd 18, 05:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Alexander Shofner-Geidt
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or Wordpad
when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other computers,
currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the way back to Win9x.

On the brand new Dell it does not work. The Dell tech support (warranty)
doesn't know. Google searches are baffling and confounding...

Anybody ever heard of this type issue before?

Thanks in advance.
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Old April 22nd 18, 05:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or Wordpad
when they are open and in focus?


On some newer laptops (not sure about Dells) the Fn key seems to be
reversed, so that the keys alone have their dedicated function (sleep,
toggle monitors, etc) and you have to press Fn+F5 to get the normal F5
operation ... worth a try
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Old April 22nd 18, 06:26 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Annailis
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

On 2018-04-22 12:41 PM, Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or Wordpad
when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other computers,
currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the way back to Win9x.

On the brand new Dell it does not work. The Dell tech support (warranty)
doesn't know. Google searches are baffling and confounding...

Anybody ever heard of this type issue before?

Thanks in advance.


I never knew that. F5 works for putting the time/date stamp in Notepad
on my almost 2 yr. old Dell laptop but not in WordPad. Mind you, WordPad
already has an icon on the toolbar ribbon to insert a form of that.

AW

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Old April 22nd 18, 07:17 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or Wordpad
when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other computers,
currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the way back to Win9x.

On the brand new Dell it does not work. The Dell tech support (warranty)
doesn't know. Google searches are baffling and confounding...


Is the Fn key perhaps stuck down? Have you tried prying it up, like
with a fingernail emery board (flexible but stiff enough to lift a key)?
What does the blue legend of the F5 key says it does?

If you turn over the keyboard and tap the laptop to shake out the filth
behind the keyboard keys, does a lot of debris fall out? Been feeding
the keyboard any soda in the past?
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Old April 22nd 18, 08:21 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Neil
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

On 4/22/2018 12:41 PM, Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or Wordpad
when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other computers,
currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the way back to Win9x.

f5 puts the time/datestamp in Notepad, but not in Wordpad on my Lenovo.
No idea why it works with Wordpad on your Win10 computer(s).

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Old April 22nd 18, 08:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

On 04/22/2018 12:54 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or
Wordpad
when they are open and in focus?


On some newer laptops (not sure about Dells) the Fn key seems to be
reversed, so that the keys alone have their dedicated function (sleep,
toggle monitors, etc) and you have to press Fn+F5 to get the normal F5
operation ... worth a try

Mine had a key to flip those features around. So you had to hit Fn+Key
to turn the wi-fi off or dim screen etc.

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Old April 22nd 18, 09:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

On 22/04/2018 20:41, Big Al wrote:
On 04/22/2018 12:54 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad
and/or Wordpad
when they are open and in focus?


On some newer laptops (not sure about Dells) the Fn key seems to be
reversed, so that the keys alone have their dedicated function
(sleep, toggle monitors, etc) and you have to press Fn+F5 to get the
normal F5 operation ... worth a try

Mine had a key to flip those features around. So you had to hit
Fn+Key to turn the wi-fi off or dim screen etc.


You can change in BIOS/UEFI how function keys work. On Toshiba you can
so I suspect it works in Dell Laptop as well. I don't have a Dell
laptop to check it out.

The change is to avoid using the Fn key.

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Old April 22nd 18, 09:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Neil wrote:

Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:

Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working
fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad
and/or Wordpad when they are open and in focus? This works on all my
other computers, currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked
all the way back to Win9x.


f5 puts the time/datestamp in Notepad, but not in Wordpad on my
Lenovo. No idea why it works with Wordpad on your Win10 computer(s).


Same for me (F5 adds date in Notepad, does nothing in Wordpad) on
Windows 7 Home x64. Don't have any hosts at home to test with older
versions of Windows to see what F5 does in Notepad and Wordpad there.
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Old April 23rd 18, 02:25 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

"Alexander Shofner-Geidt" wrote in
:

Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working
fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or
Wordpad when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other
computers, currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the
way back to Win9x.

On the brand new Dell it does not work. The Dell tech support
(warranty) doesn't know. Google searches are baffling and
confounding...

Anybody ever heard of this type issue before?

Thanks in advance.


On all of my OSs, including Win10 Home Premium, 16299.371, the Fn5 key
places the date in a Notepad file only, not in a Wordpad file.

My 'newish' Dell laptop does have two sets of actions launched by the
Fn1-Fn12 keys. One set of actions is launched by pressing any one of the
Fn1-Fn12 keys alone, while the other set of actions is launched by
pressing the Fn key (next to the Windows key) AND one of the Fn1-Fn12
keys, together with the Fn key.


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Old April 23rd 18, 08:05 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Big Al wrote:

Mine had a key to flip those features around. So you had to hit Fn+Key
to turn the wi-fi off or dim screen etc.


That's what I'm saying, but the sense of the Fn modifier key has been
reversed on some recent machines e.g.

old way: F2 = function key F2, Fn+F2 = toggle wifi
new way: F2 = toggle wifi, Fn+F2 = function key F2
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Old April 23rd 18, 02:27 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Alexander Shofner-Geidt
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

Annailis wrote:

On 2018-04-22 12:41 PM, Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or
Wordpad when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other
computers, currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the
way back to Win9x.

On the brand new Dell it does not work. The Dell tech support
(warranty) doesn't know. Google searches are baffling and
confounding...

Anybody ever heard of this type issue before?

Thanks in advance.


I never knew that. F5 works for putting the time/date stamp in Notepad
on my almost 2 yr. old Dell laptop but not in WordPad. Mind you, WordPad
already has an icon on the toolbar ribbon to insert a form of that.

AW



Yes. I misspoke when I included Wordpad. I haven't used Wordpad in years.

I use Notepad all the time for memos and notes, etc. That's why the time
and date stamp feature of F5 is so handy. I open Notepad and automatically
click F5 to provenance when the memo was started. If I'm memorializing a
telephone call, I'll click F5 when put on hold, then click again when the
conversation resumes or I am transferred, etc. I do it so much now that it
has become second nature and a feature I miss very much when not available.
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Old April 23rd 18, 02:30 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Alexander Shofner-Geidt
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Default Function Keys on Dell Laptop

Neil wrote:

On 4/22/2018 12:41 PM, Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or
Wordpad when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other
computers, currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the
way back to Win9x.

f5 puts the time/datestamp in Notepad, but not in Wordpad on my Lenovo.
No idea why it works with Wordpad on your Win10 computer(s).


Yes. I misspoke when I included Wordpad. I have only used it in Notepad.

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Old April 23rd 18, 02:39 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 04/22/2018 01:17 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

[snip]

If you turn over the keyboard and tap the laptop to shake out the filth
behind the keyboard keys, does a lot of debris fall out? Been feeding
the keyboard any soda in the past?


That reminds me of my mother. She had heard that half the problems with
the computer equipment where she worked were caused by coffee.

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Old April 23rd 18, 02:42 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Alexander Shofner-Geidt
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Boris wrote:

"Alexander Shofner-Geidt" wrote in
:

Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, all current updates. Seems to be working
fine.

You know how F5 is supposed to put a time/datestamp on Notepad and/or
Wordpad when they are open and in focus? This works on all my other
computers, currently Windows 10 Pro and Windows XP. It worked all the
way back to Win9x.

On the brand new Dell it does not work. The Dell tech support
(warranty) doesn't know. Google searches are baffling and
confounding...

Anybody ever heard of this type issue before?

Thanks in advance.


On all of my OSs, including Win10 Home Premium, 16299.371, the Fn5 key
places the date in a Notepad file only, not in a Wordpad file.

My 'newish' Dell laptop does have two sets of actions launched by the
Fn1-Fn12 keys. One set of actions is launched by pressing any one of the
Fn1-Fn12 keys alone, while the other set of actions is launched by
pressing the Fn key (next to the Windows key) AND one of the Fn1-Fn12
keys, together with the Fn key.


I misspoke when I included Wordpad. I have only used the F5 key for date
and time stamp in Notepad, not Wordpad. My apologies to Notepad and to
Wordpad on all Windows operating systems for my insensitivity or my hyper-
sensitivity while uploading a message to usenet, where F5 refreshes my
headers. My apologies to all F5 keys for understating your usefulness while
overstating your uses in the one regard.

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Old April 23rd 18, 02:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Alexander Shofner-Geidt wrote:

I misspoke when I included Wordpad. I have only used the F5 key for date
and time stamp in Notepad, not Wordpad. My apologies to Notepad and to
Wordpad on all Windows operating systems for my insensitivity or my hyper-
sensitivity while uploading a message to usenet, where F5 refreshes my
headers. My apologies to all F5 keys for understating your usefulness while
overstating your uses in the one regard.


So you're saying F5 works normally as 'refresh' when in other programs,
and only fails when in notepad?



 




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