Volume keyboard keys

I recently bought my laptop and not my volume keyboard key short cuts have stopped working.

Hi @katiejay ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. I have looked into your issue about your HP Pavilion 15 notebook and issues with special keys. You can do a system restore. System restore will help if something automatically updated and did not go well on the Notebook.
When performing a System restore please note remove any and all USB devices. Disconnect all non-essential devices as they can cause issues.
You could try in the Control Panel, Clock, Language and Region, Language click Advanced Settings in the left pane.Then in Advanced settings, click Change Language bar hot keys.
In Text Services and Input Languages, click Change Key Sequence button and enable the the key sequence.
Here is a link to uninstall the keyboard. Restart the computer after uninstalling, it should reinstall automatically.
Let me know how this goes.
Thanks
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Okay, so recently I performed an erase install using my panther software.
It mostly went smoothly. but there are a few things that are puzzling to me.
One of these is the fact that the volume hot keys (f3, f4, f5) were automatically the shortcutrs for muting, decreasing, and increasing the volume. I never did anything to change it to this when I first purchased my computer and software.
Now, the volume hot keys do absolutly nothing. I went in to sytem preferences > keyboard and mouse > keyboard shortcuts > apps > set hotkey
and named each one either volume increase, decrease, or mute
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Rant version
I was delivered a new 15 inch Macbook Pro with Retina screen with a broken 'V' key (literally, just the black plastic panel has a small broken clasp). I was unable to get a genius bar appointment anywhere within London Zone 1-2, Regent St, Stratford and Covent Garden all just tell me there are no appointments available. I called the Apple store in Stratford City to see if they could order a new 'V' key to the store so I could pick it up and click it on. They suggested I call Apple customer services as they wouldn't be able to help me unless I booked a Genius bar appointment, and obviously they had none. I was informed that I would have to send the entire machine away for at least 5 working days and then wait for a replacement to be shipped out. This is a total P.I.T.A as I have already started important projects on this machine.
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Short version:
If anyone knows where I can get a replacement 'v' key for the new 15inch Retina Macbook Pro then I'll love you forever.

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Last edited by vik (2008-11-30 19:03:14)

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There are two pictures in attached file, 2.jpg will show you the detail.
Good luck.
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