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Old 12-28-2006, 08:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default laptop fn display messages dissapeard

for some reason nowhen i press fn and a function e.g. volume up it doesnt come up with the display telling you the volume level at the moment, do you know how i can get it back? thanks
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Old 12-28-2006, 09:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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are you using media center?
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What model is your laptop?
You probably mistakenly or accidentally disabled the hotkeys programs or Fn functions from startup.
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i only remember media center having that feature on screen when you do the volume thing. xp pro and home doesnt have it.
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my laptop is Acer aspire 5101, and it is on xp home, it has been working since i got it (christmas), but it just randomly stopped today:S
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you mean those volume bars as in like a tv type or the volume nob on your taskbar?
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as like on a tv
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so does anyone know how i can get them back?
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does anyone know why these green display messages have gone and how i can get them back?!

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i had the same problem. i use also Acer(xp home)
go to run> msconfig> startup> and select all the acer tools(select all the function to be more sure.)
and also go to services and check if you have disabled the acer services.
i resolve my problem like this
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