What To Do When Your Keyboard Types Numbers Instead of Letters

Latest update on March 10, 2020 at 06:16 AM by Aoife McCambridge .

With many laptops, specifically from HP Pavilion, users have noticed that when they try to deactivate the number lock by pressing [Fn] + [Num lock] or [Fn] + [F11], nothing happens. This is likely due to the fact that the digital number lock function has been activated. In this article, we'll show you how to deactivate it.

How To Deactivate Digital Num Lock on Keyboard

If you are writing numbers instead of letters when you're pressing your laptop's keyboard, you may have already tried holding down the Function key (Fn) to write normally. This issue is likely due to the fact that the digital lock is activated. Holding the Fn key is a temporary solution, however here is a more permanent one:

To solve your problem, simply press [Fn] + [Numlk]. Depending on the model, you may need to press [Fn] + [Shift] + [Numlk].

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