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Can confirm. You could also check if your keyboard has a function lock key that might let you reassign it directly. Hope that helps.

Yeah, that's exactly it. One extra tip: you can sometimes bypass it with a registry edit, but it's not officially supported and might cause issues later.

This. Yeah, those workarounds exist, but honestly, is it even worth the hassle for a CPU that old?

+1 And for the touchpad, check if there's a specific driver or a setting in the HP Support Assistant for your exact laptop model. Good luck!

+1 Also, make sure Secure Boot is enabled in the BIOS, as Windows 11 requires that too.