Macbook Shortcut buttons not working

I don't know what happened today, but my shortcut buttons (F1 - F4) that usually control the screen brightness and volume stopped working - pressing them by themselves won't change the volume, but if I hold down the function button and press the buttons though, then I can still change the brightness and volume. Does anyone know how to change it back to the buttons work without having to hold down function?

Go into system preferences, go to keyboard and mouse, under the keyboard section, make sure to un-check the box to use Fn keys for shortcuts.

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