X1 Carbon (2014) Adaptive keyboard

I received the new X1 carbon. My IT shop had to image it with the corporate Windows 8 image (which I quickly upgraded to 8.1). My Fn keyboard is basically useless now. I tap on the Fn key and it doesn't do anything. I tap on the "configuration" key and it doesn't do anything. I assume it is because I don't have the Adaptive Keyboard app in control panel. I can't find where to download and install it from. Please help!
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Hi Abraithwaite,
 If you press F1 to bios, could you change key row?
And did it work for your original win8 OS before?

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