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What's happened to my laptop keyboard?

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The volume keys (F2/3) used to work on their own, but all of a sudden I have to press the fn key. The arrows no longer move cells in Excel, they scroll the screen across/up/down 

 

Sure there must be other things I haven't noticed. 

 

Guessing a sticky key somewhere, but I haven't spilt anything and none of them appear stuck. If so, which one?

 

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Posted : 17/06/2025 5:59 am
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Scrolllock (ScrLk) is usually the culprit for the arrows change in function.

edit - don’t know what laptop you have but some have a fn + function key combo that activates scroll lock, if there’s no dedicated key on the keyboard.

 
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Posted by: walowiz

Scrolllock (ScrLk) is usually the culprit for the arrows change in function.

edit - don’t know what laptop you have but some have a fn + function key combo that activates scroll lock, if there’s no dedicated key on the keyboard.

 

It's a Dell XPS 17 - don't know if the photo is showing now as I edited and it didn't show up straight away

 

 
Posted : 17/06/2025 6:11 am
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Posted by: walowiz

Scrolllock (ScrLk) is usually the culprit for the arrows change in function.

edit - don’t know what laptop you have but some have a fn + function key combo that activates scroll lock, if there’s no dedicated key on the keyboard.

It's a Dell XPS 17 - don't know if the photo is showing now as I edited and it didn't show up straight away

dell is Fn + S, iirc. Haven’t had a dell for a few years now.

 

 
Posted : 17/06/2025 6:14 am
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Posted by: walowiz

dell is Fn + S, iirc. Haven’t had a dell for a few years now.

 

Just tried that - it makes it scroll faster 🤣 

 

Sorted - the fn lock was on

 

 
Posted : 17/06/2025 6:21 am
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