Satellite A350-20S - Can't get FN keys working

Hi,
I recently formatted the hard disk and installed Vista home premium again because it was running slow. Before formatting I had disabled the touch pad from using becasue I found it very uncomfortable to use. Therefore instead of that I was using an optical mouse. Once I installed Vista the touch pad was not working and the Fn key was not responding to F1,F2-F9.. The strange thing is when I press the Fn key the light goes on and indicates its working and when I press Fn+F10, the num lock gets on and when I press Fn+F11 it goes to normal qwerty keyborad.
I have downloaded all the drivers for the laptop including the touch pad driver from TOSHIBA offical webpage and tried every known trick in the book but still truggling to get this Function key panel working? Your help is highly appreciated.
My laptop is still under warranty but I am scared to send it over becasue they would go like you hav formatted the hard disk even I hav installed the same OS that I already had.
Thats the main reason to post this. Hear me out plz

Hi buddy,
I doubt that you have downloaded everything from the Toshiba website, otherwise your FN keys would work properly! ;)
Anyway, for the FN keys you have to install Toshiba Value Added Package. With this package its also possible to enable/disable the touchpad. It brings all FN keys to work.
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads > Download Drivers
Just download the version that you need and thats it!

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