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My HP  Win 11 Home computer keyboard backlighting only stays on for a few seconds. Is

there a way to keep the backlight  always on?

Win 11 Home 22H2, it’s been this way since new last December.

Frank Rocap

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On my Dell XPS 17, Function Key F5 turns keyboard backlighting on/off. From an off position, first tap of F5 turns the backlighting on full brightness. Another tap dims it to half brightness. Third tap turn it off completely.
No need to hit the fn key along with F5, just F5.

Attached jpg shows my F5 key.

I believe other manufacturers use different keys, and some require a combination of the fn key plus a second key.

Even Dell seems to be inconsistent. This Dell article How to Turn Off or On and Troubleshoot the Backlit Keyboard on Your Dell Laptop is dated August 2023. It notes that to turn on keyboard lighting on a Dell, you may have to hit F10 or the fn key plus F5, F6, F10, or Right Arrow.

Another complication: The above Dell article says keyboard backlighting must be enabled in BIOS. I guess mine was enabled when I got the XPS 17 a year-and-a-half ago. Since your Dell is less than a year old, if you are unable to turn keyboard backlighting on/off with a function key, you may want to see if it’s enabled in BIOS.

Dell XPS17, 11th Gen Intel I7, 64gb RAM, Windows 11 Home 24H2

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Ascaris

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Thank you for the reply,  The f4 key is for keyboard lighting, the issue is that after a few

seconds of being on  the light goes off.   I see other suggestions mention BIOS, I’ll

have to take a look there.

Again thank you for your reply

 

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On my Logitech G600 there is a “sun”/ lighting icon above function keys top far right, and by Holding it down and pressing 0-6 or – + I affect lighting choices. Sun  & -0- is Steady ON…..

W10 Pro 22H2 / Hm-Stdnt Ofce '16 C2R / Macrium Pd vX / Opatch Pro / GP=2 + FtrU=Semi-Annual + Feature Defer = 1 + QU = 0

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Frank Rocap

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On some HP PCs there is a setting in BIOS to select how long before before turning the backlighting off. It can set to not turn the backlighting off. Usually it will be in the Advanced section of the BIOS for Device Options (or something like that).

HTH, Dana:))

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