Keyboard features unresponsive

I just got my mac book pro yesterday, and everything has been great! But now my keyboard features (F1-F10) aren't working at all. They did work until I adjusted "spaces" and "expose" and I guess those override the original functions? I undid what I adjusted and they still don't work. I can't control my volume or brightness via keyboard now. This is my first mac, I've used one in Animation class frequently but I'm fairly new. I haven't been careless with my new mac, I've hardly touched anything so I have no idea what I did wrong.

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They will likely work if you press the fn key (bottom left) in combination with the F1-10 keys. The setting is in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard tab, "Use F1, F2 etc as standard function keys". Uncheck that box. If that doesn't solve your problem, post back.
Hope this helps...

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Originally Posted by xaver
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