ThinkPad E335 function keys

My Edge E335 came with Win 7 but I later added Win 8.1 in dual boot. Win 8.1, free of all the Lenovo software, is better in use for me except that the function keys all have the Lenovo laptop functions for camera, screen brightness and so on rather than the default Microsoft functions with no option to switch with the Fn key. Is there a BIOS update available for 8.1, or any other way to have both sets of functions available?

Hello.
To keep your F1-F12 keys locked, just press FN+ESC once. When you wish them to return to the default media mode, then just press FN+ESC again.
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Hi, it is a serious design flow. All our users are complaining about this totally obsolete function.
However, if you read the manual, you can see that you must use the keycombination [Fn]+[Esc].
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I sincerely hope that Lenovo is reading this forum and that they stop shipping computers with the wrong setup.
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Persistently lock function keys!?

Hello,
I would like to persistently lock the function keys at my E531 laptop.
I know you can switch between function keys and multimedia functions by setting FnLock (Fn+ESC), but unfortunately this setting is volatile: everytime I restart the system (even from power saving mode), it is lost and the keys default to multimedia again.
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Tillman,
In addition to the suggestions Mithunr has made, I would ask if you are running the preload?
Could you also check to see that the hotkey drivers are installed, especially if you have done a reload of the system.
I mention this after reading this thread -> http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-Edge-S-series/ThinkPad-Yoga-FN-keys/td-p/1355211
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Lost all visual indicators, function keys, etc. on T500 (Type 2082)

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W540 How do you reverse the hotkeys back to the function keys without Fn

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Good day and welcome to the community.
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Lenovo Z500 Intel Graphics and Function Keys problem on Windows 10

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http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=WIN7-BETA
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ThinkPad Yoga F keys

Any help appreciated.
I'm trying to get my F keys to act in a 'legacy' fashion so I don't need to hit the "Fn" key to get the "F Keys" to work as ordinary F keys.
Tried the Advanced Startup BIOS. Didn't provide me the option there?
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Hi Danny,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
The option of changing the function keys back to legacy is no longer available in the BIOS in most of the new ThinkPad models. You may try the Fn+esc combination that locks it, but when the computer reboots, this resets back to a default mode and you have to use Fn+esc again.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
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[SOLVED] Function Keys Problem On Dell Inspiron N5010

Yesterday I bought a new laptop (Dell Inspiron N5010) and immediately installed Arch Linux on it. But when I launched the installation framework, I needed to use fdisk to partition my drive manually and to open another tty, ctrl + alt + f2 or up to f7, none of them worked. When I use f4 or f5 for example, it changes the brightness of the screen cause these keys have icons on them which represent the brightness control. So I quitted, took care of that fdisk issue and got back, installed Arch Linux successfully. When launched in GNOME 3, nothing was changed. It still uses f1, f2, ... and so on as "just function keys" without using "Fn" key. It's fine somehow cause my system automatically detected those keys, I can use every single function of my keyboard. But without using Fn key, I can't actually use any fx key for my own use. For example, I can't use Tilda anymore cause when I use only f1, it tries to open monitor control stuff.
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xdunlapx wrote:The function key on my dell laptop was set to the F keys, meaning you have to hit the function key and then an F key to activate the F key. I switched it in the bios so I don't have to hit the function key to activate the F keys. So I would have had to hit Fn+Ctrl-Alt-F1 for example to get to TTY 1. Now since i switched it off in the bios All I have to do is hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to the terminal. But in order to turn off wifi from the F key (for example) I have to hit Fn+F2. It's switched.
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X1 Carbon 2014 Function keys not working in windows7

Hello.
I have a brand new X1 carbon(model: 20A7-005KMD) that was installed with our company image, running windows 7.
Alle drivers in device manager has been installed, and system update is updated.
The carbon has the "touch" function keys and they only partly work.
When booting the computer i can swap between the different functions, but when i get into windows, its is "stuck" with only the options F1-F12. The F keys work, but i cant change settings by pressing the FN key on the left side og the touch display, and get sounds/brightness settings etc.
as said, this works just fine during the boot.
Any ideas what can be causing this and even more important - a fix?

Hi Guys,
We are currently having the same issue on the X1 Carbon 20A7 models (20A7000LAU). In BIOS or during boot the function changing works without issue (limited to two (2) function screens how-ever), it stops working once you log in. If you then lock the computer you can change the functions, but then once you unlock the device, it stops working.
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On a device received by Lenovo there are 4 function changes/screens in total, we can only make two work temporarily as listed above. We have tried the following.
1. MDT 2013 Delivered Windows 8.1 x64 image image. All drivers/software components installed from the lenovo website. We receive above issue and cannot resolve by uninstall/reinstalling.
2. Vanilla Windows 8.1 ENT x64 image installed from Microsoft Volume Licensing portal, installed all drivers supplied from the Lenovo Website. The same behaviour is seen as above and is reproducable.
3. We have als compared all drivers/software installed on the factory supplied model to a manually built device, still the above behaviour is witnessed.
4. We have manually exported drivers from the X1 Carbon device from lenovo and injected them into the vanilla Windows 8.1 ENT or PRO newly imaged device, still the same behaviour above.
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