F2 Edit key not working

If this is a laptop computer, you may have computer functions assigned to the F keys by default (mine does) and to use the F keys you also have to use the Fn key unless you go into the BIOS and change the default in which case, reverses the F keys so that they operate normally like a desktop computer and to use the F key combination built into the laptop the Fn key would have to be pressed with the F key.

If you have a keyboard driver there could be settings in there concerning the assignment of the F keys.

This may sound like a stupid comment, but it has happened to me before...if the key stuck down?

Did you get an update for the keyboard driver recently? I did and I had to re-establish all my customizations.

Does it work in other applications?

Is the keyboard wireless, USB connection, or PS2?

Have you tried using a different USB port?

The reason that I asked about the connection was that I have experienced some strange key behaviour with the wireless keyboard due to the wireless receiver failing....weak batteries also caused problems.

Is your keyboard one that can have customized key functions?

You're welcome. That can mean that the keyboard connector or port is worn/dirty or about to fail. Make note of the port and if something else gives trouble it could very well be the port.

Thanks for the feedback and good luck.

Good call NDM errors come from the most unlikely places

Thanks FD

I have been using computers of one kind or another since about 1979 and have had just about every kind of equipment failure imaginable and had to trouble-shoot most of them myself

Scariest failure....monitor caught fire....sparks and flames everywhere

Seems we have followed similar paths, my 1st PC was an "IBM-compatable" commadore PC10 (circa 1987), been messing around with them ever since

Seems so