Function keys disabled - all apps

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FubarFkeys

Where or how in XP do I get back control of my Function keys? Microsoft
Ergonomic 4000 keyboard appears to have disabled my function keys in all
applications. Example F2 don't edit in Excel, F3 won't "find next" in adobe
reader. etc, etc. I removed the Intellipoint program that gives advanced
keybaord control. That did not fix it.

Suggestion please.
 
R

Richard Lewis Haggard

One of the more puzzling decisions on the part of the keyboard people at
Microsoft was to default at startup to have the function keys to have a
meaning that is only applicable to certain applications. You must always hit
the function key to return to a more useful configuration. It is for this
reason that I no longer purchase Microsoft keyboards. Logitech keyboard, on
the other hand, default to normal Function key mode. That in addition to the
nice touch that Logitech has convinced me to dump all Microsoft mouse and
keyboard products for the foreseeable future.
 

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