Self-Defined Keys on Lenovo G550

I found the utility (in EnergyManagement / Self Defined Program settings) and was able to define a key, but how do I invoke the key?? I see the Fn key on the keyboard but I don't understand how to use this feature.
I can't believe I need to ask this question, but I'm stumped.
Thanks,
David

hi Avikiru,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
Can you try,
Remove the AC and the Battery
Hold the Power Button down for at least 15 sec.
Reconnect just the AC and see if that'll work
If not You can contact a Lenovo Support Team or a Local Technician to have the Keyboard connection checked.
Regards
Solid Cruver
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hi Avikiru,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
Can you try,
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We had created custom fields and included in custom table to be used in field catalogue.Canwe view this table as source table ?If so what has tobe done to view this as source table?

Dear colleague,
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This Notice refers to 2958-A5U and 2958-A4U models of the Lenovo G550 notebook PC’s only.
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Now I just started the laptop up , clicked next when I was prompted for the product key and windows 7 ultimate 32 bit pro starts up...ofcourse I still need to authorize...the serial at the buttom is still a no go
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The defaulted version could be different from the standard version (000).You could copy the data from one verion to another version using the first step in this block.
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