You can just change them to the regular mode by pressing function key
escape. If you want to have them go back to the way they are now, do it
again. It's a toggle. Pam.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chip Orange via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 12:27 PM
To: Karyn Campbell ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: RE: laptops and window-eyes
Hi Karyn,
If the problem is just the function keys, it seems likely you could create a
script for Window-eyes which sent the keystroke for the "real" function key
each time a Lenovo function key was pressed (you'd lose this bit of extra
functionality, being able to do whatever these function keys did which was
unusual if you implemented such a script, but it would undo whatever Lenovo
had done if there was no other way to handle it).
I'd guess there's a piece of Lenovo keyboard software which let you modify
how the keyboard works, and it of course would be easier than writing your
own script.
I also found, and have installed on my pc at home, a free keyboard mapping
utility which let you make registry changes which controlled what keycodes
were sent when each key on the keyboard was pressed. This is likely what
Lenovo has done when shipping these pcs, so with this utility you could
essentially reverse it. I used this utility on my Dell laptop because it
had no applications key, which is a lot easier to use than shift-f10 when
you want a context menu. I used the utility to take some unused key on my
keyboard and make it send the keycode for an applications key instead. I
may not have time until this weekend, but I could try and track down the
name of this utility and post it here if anyone has need of it (or you might
find it just by googling on windows keyboard remap and other such terms).
Chip
Chip Orange
Florida Public Service Commission
Computer Systems Analyst
850-413-6314
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+corange=psc.state.fl...@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of Karyn Campbell via Talk
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 9:37 AM
To: 'Pamela Dominguez'; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: RE: laptops and window-eyes
Pam,
You likely also have to use an extra key for some things as Lanovo is
infamous for the F keys across the topperforming media functions. This
means, for example, to close anything you have to hit ctrl-function key-F4.
If you do this without the function key, it won't work.
We put Window-Eyes on a Lanovo at work and that was a mistake as no one can
get the thing to shut up despite the fact that I told them
ctrl-insert-function-F4 should work.
As you can tell, it is my recommendation to stay away from Lanovo anything.
Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, karyn1...@gmail.com
Using WE 9.2 on HP Pavilion laptop running Windows 8.1 home premium 64-bit
with Office 2013 and IE 11 as well as Acer netbook running Windows 7 home
premium 64-bit with Office 2007 and IE 11 and Microsoft Windows Defender
onAcer netbook as well as Macaffee Live Safe on HP Pavilion.
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