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Keyboard key coming loose on a Dell Latitude 5880

I have a Dell Latitude 5580 laptop. On the keyboard, one of the keys is loose. I need help to fit it in place. I have inspected the mechanism, nothing appears to be broken. The tiny metal mount looks ...
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How to enable the laptop function F1-F12 keys by default instead of assigned multimedia "hotkey" option

How do you make the F1-F12 keys default to the F1-F12 key as opposed to the "hotkey" function that is assigned to it. An industry-specific software that I use daily utilized the F1-F12 keys ...
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Controlling keyboard's backlight in Windows 10

Is there anyway I can control keyboard's backlight? In Windows 10 in general or for my Dell Latitude 7290 in particular? My Dell has a great keyboard's backlight feature, but it turns it off after ...
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How is the keyboard connected in Dell Latitude E7440?

I’d like to learn which cable is used for sending keypresses to the notebook, since the following documentation, combined with knowledge about older models, makes it unclear. From the “Removing the ...
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How to swap Fn and Ctrl keys while connecting external keyboard to laptop

I am using Dell Latitude 3470 laptop which has Ctrl key on the left most corner and Fn key next to Ctrl key (CtrlFn) . But I am using Belkin K100 keyboard which has Fn key on the left most corner and ...
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Laptop Keyboard

I have a dell latitude E6420 and it was working fine until last month I encountered a very strange problem. My laptop's keyboard stops working as soon as I exit the bios startup screen. Like, I can ...
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Dell Latitude / Windows 7 & My Old Apple Keyboard | Still Compatible?

I recently replaced my older Dell Latitude with a newer model. Works great with Windows 7, but now my beloved Apple keyboard doesn't function at all. My IT guys say that it's because the new Latitude ...
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What are the three buttons above touchpad in the Dell Latitude E6520 laptop?

I wonder what are the three buttons added to the touchpad/keyboard of the laptop Dell Latitude E6520 as the below snapshot. I do a google search as here though nothing helpful for me. If you know ...
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Keys on laptop's keyboard register duplicate letters intermittantly

I have a brand new (<1 week old) Dell Latitude E6540 with Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) where the occasionally while typing I get a double key press. For example: I am writing a qquestion on ...
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