F keys on mac for sound brightness etc...

Hey everyone,
i just upgraded from sonleopard to mountain lion on my second Mac and before i had the top F keys with the litle drawings to show what eachone does, and they wherent set up correctly. when i click the brighness or the sound up/down/mute, it just doesn't do anything. it's realy anoying. so how do i change this so that i can use the keys for what they where made for.
ps: i know with mountain lion they drawings should change but it's fine. on my other macbook, when i upgraded to lion, it automaticly took the expose key and made it the mission controle.
So any ideas on how to change the keys to have what i want. couldn't find anything on google...
Thanks
Guinius

There 2 option for the F keys.
1) They are used for the Add-On functions of brightness, volume and the like and the fn key + the F keys act as standard Function keys.
2) Thay are used as standard Function keys, F1 through F12, and the fn key + the F keys work as the Add-On functions for brightness, volume and the rest.
So if you are not getting anything from them whether or not you use the fn key then the OS upgrade broke something or your keyboard has Died.
There is NO other setting. It is one or the other.

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