Disable the FN key on Microsoft media keyboard

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Solution 1

Try pressing Fn + Caps Lock to disable the fn-lock, see this Microsoft support page for more information:

Enabling FN Lock on the All in One Media Keyboard

To enable FN Lock on the All in One Media Keyboard, press the FN key, and the Caps Lock key at the same time. To disable FN Lock, press the FN key, and the Caps Lock key at the same time again.

Solution 2

Try long pressing the function key...It worked for me with my Microsoft designer keyboard. The light on the Fn key turns on....

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BrunoMartinsPro

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

BrunoMartinsPro over 1 year

I have a Microsoft all-in-one media keyboard. Is there any way to lock/remove/disable the FN key?
- Admin almost 9 years
  
  Have you tried fn+numlock? (may be temporary/per-login)
- Admin almost 9 years
  
  @bertieb i dont have numlock.. added an image.
- Admin almost 9 years
  
  Software won’t help because it’s a hardware “problem”.
- Admin over 8 years
  
  Perhaps this could be off help gist.github.com/tehshane/8765405
- Admin almost 7 years
  
  try pressing CAPS LOCK 2 or 3 times, it toggles the fn function
- Admin over 6 years
  
  If somebody ends up here with the version of the keyboard that don't have the FN lock feature I think I found a solution. I shared it on the 4th page of a MS related forum (answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-tms/…)‌. Short answer is: open the keyboard and find a way to permanently block the FN key.
Burgi about 8 years

Do you have a reference link for your answer?
Joel Coehoorn almost 8 years

Important: Apparently not all MS All-in-One media keyboards are the same. This works on most of them, but it has no effect on others. If you follow this MS Answers thread all the way through, you'll see a number of people who are not able to use this keyboard combo (and add my keyboard to the list). answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-tms/… I'm still investigating whether perhaps you need at least a certain minimum version of Mouse and Keyboard Center for the fix to work.
Mounika Vangala about 7 years

Amesome, that even worked in Linux! (So, a hardware solution.) I wish this worked for the Logitech T400 as well (but no such luck).
LukAss741 about 7 years

For me it works only until keyboard is turned off. Is there a way to keep that settings permanently?
Neurotransmitter over 4 years

I have two Microsoft All-in-One keyboards, which I supposed to be identical. Turns out this Fn+Caps trick works for only one of them.