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F7, F8, F9 on the keyboard.
The only drivers on the website for keyboard is "Dell Wireless Desktop Keyboard and Mouse Bundle" or an "ALPS Touchpad" which I have neither. Which driver do I pick?
you are pressing the fn key in combination with the other keys, fn+f7 etc?
Got it...duh...had a brain fart...THANKS
can we mark this as solved now?
Not quite yet. AJWILLIAMS, you have the same laptop I do. When you start it up and the Dell boot screen appears, press F2 (don't hold down fn key). This will take you into the BIOS.
Click on System configuration, then on function key behaviour. Set it to 'Multimedia Key First', and then press OK (or something similar like Apply) down the bottom to save and exit.
Now when your laptop boots into windows, try the volume keys. They should work without holding down the Fn key! I personally find this mode a lot better, as I never really use the function keys in programs.