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dont have a num lock or scroll lock?

i have asked this already but no answeres.

i have a asus g74 series laptop. and as it says it does not have either. and i have looked online and cant find anything either. but maybe someone out there knows something. i also looked to see if maybe there was a fn key but nope. most of the time it would be fn + f5. and normally it looks like a little lock.

i know a lot of laptops are trying to rid these keys to save space. even though my laptop now has a calculator key instead which i could easily go into and open that up.

my older asus has the num lk and the scr lk key both on the same key.

the main reason is cause you can do special characters with it. you have to have num lock on and then you can do alt and number combonations to get different things.

if you know how to do those without a num lock or scroll lock that would be great. or if you know how to activate num lock without it being on keyboard that would be great too.

also note that the on screen keyboard does have a scroll lock. but when we use that and then hold alt and do the numbers, nothing happens.

Update:

i was thinking that. just was hoping there was a way not to. i would have to probably get a usb keyboard. just was seeing if someone new a work around for this.

i was also thinking maybe a program that would make computer think when i hit my calculator key (or whatever key i assign) to make it think i am hitting my num lk key if possible. not sure if that would work.

kinda like joy2pad or xpadder were they take a game controller and when you hit a button it acts like the keyboard button you assigned it.

Update 2:

i was thinking that. just was hoping there was a way not to. i would have to probably get a usb keyboard. just was seeing if someone new a work around for this.

i was also thinking maybe a program that would make computer think when i hit my calculator key (or whatever key i assign) to make it think i am hitting my num lk key if possible. not sure if that would work.

kinda like joy2pad or xpadder were they take a game controller and when you hit a button it acts like the keyboard button you assigned it.

Update 3:

i was thinking that. just was hoping there was a way not to. i would have to probably get a usb keyboard. just was seeing if someone new a work around for this.

i was also thinking maybe a program that would make computer think when i hit my calculator key (or whatever key i assign) to make it think i am hitting my num lk key if possible. not sure if that would work.

kinda like joy2pad or xpadder were they take a game controller and when you hit a button it acts like the keyboard button you assigned it.

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  • 9 years ago
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    You may have to purchase an external number pad

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