MS Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard F LOCK state

Posted: 04-05-2004, 11:25 AM

Harold

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Is there anyway to set the F LOCK to default to ON when
the PC is switched on.
It is most annoying to find the keyboard resets the FLOCK
to off everytime the PC is restarted (even if I use
Hibernate). I dont want my F keys to do fancy things, I
want them to behave my Function key.
This is a serious design defect on the part of Microsoft
to not offer an option to default the FLOCK key.
Seriously annoying - ruins an otherwise perfect keyboard.
I found some registry hacks on a website which was meant
to remap all the F keys to make them behave as normal F
keys but it does not work.

MS Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard F LOCK state

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Jim Macklin

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Re: MS Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard F LOCK state

Posted: 04-05-2004, 11:42 AM

The F-Lock is hard wired to be off when power is reset. The
only problem I have is when I want to access the BIOS I have
to turn the PC ON, press the F-Lock and then the F2 key all
within about 2 seconds or its too late. So I pit my right
hand on the F-Lock key and press the power button with my
left hand. As soon as I press the power and the keyboards
lights up, I press the F-Lock and then the F2.

BTW, F is supposed to mean function but it also could be a
shorter f-word.

"Harold" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:188a901c41b00$b541b9f0$[email protected]..
| Is there anyway to set the F LOCK to default to ON when
| the PC is switched on.
| It is most annoying to find the keyboard resets the FLOCK
| to off everytime the PC is restarted (even if I use
| Hibernate). I dont want my F keys to do fancy things, I
| want them to behave my Function key.
| This is a serious design defect on the part of Microsoft
| to not offer an option to default the FLOCK key.
| Seriously annoying - ruins an otherwise perfect keyboard.
| I found some registry hacks on a website which was meant
| to remap all the F keys to make them behave as normal F
| keys but it does not work.

Yves Leclerc

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Re: MS Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard F LOCK state

Posted: 04-05-2004, 02:20 PM

Some of the MVPs here have a workinf F Lock reg hack for MS keyboards and
Logitech keyboards. They do seem to work.

"Harold" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:188a901c41b00$b541b9f0$[email protected]..

> Is there anyway to set the F LOCK to default to ON when
> the PC is switched on.
> It is most annoying to find the keyboard resets the FLOCK
> to off everytime the PC is restarted (even if I use
> Hibernate). I dont want my F keys to do fancy things, I
> want them to behave my Function key.
> This is a serious design defect on the part of Microsoft
> to not offer an option to default the FLOCK key.
> Seriously annoying - ruins an otherwise perfect keyboard.
> I found some registry hacks on a website which was meant
> to remap all the F keys to make them behave as normal F
> keys but it does not work.

Sitaraman

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Re: MS Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard F LOCK state

Posted: 04-05-2004, 02:59 PM

http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html

Try this.
Sitaraman

"Harold" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:188a901c41b00$b541b9f0$[email protected]..

> Is there anyway to set the F LOCK to default to ON when
> the PC is switched on.
> It is most annoying to find the keyboard resets the FLOCK
> to off everytime the PC is restarted (even if I use
> Hibernate). I dont want my F keys to do fancy things, I
> want them to behave my Function key.
> This is a serious design defect on the part of Microsoft
> to not offer an option to default the FLOCK key.
> Seriously annoying - ruins an otherwise perfect keyboard.
> I found some registry hacks on a website which was meant
> to remap all the F keys to make them behave as normal F
> keys but it does not work.

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