Vista - Adjust brightess = Fn+Up arrow but also auto tabs everything repeatedly

Hi, Using Vista Home Premium 32bit on a Dell Inspiron 1720. Fn+Up arrow adjusts the brightness but when I use this, yes it adjusts the brigthness but everything in every program auto tabs repeatedly, desktop items, menu items, option-box items, tabs, links, everything. Don't know how to stop it from auto-tabbing and don't know how to configure the short-cuts. anyone have a similar problem or know how to resolve it?

Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure what you mean by autotabs but have you installed the Dell
Quickset utility? If you did an upgrade from XP you should uninstall Quickset
and install the Quickset for Vista.

"DC3" wrote:

thanks for trying to help, it is a 1720 that came with vista installed. by "auto-tabs" I'm trying to describe...well imagine repeatedly pressing tab and not stopping no matter what application or dialogue box was open. that's what it looks like.

don't know what to do. I only ever want to change the brightness when I unplug it from the mains which is rare so I haven't had much cause to find a solution, but today I figured I would try to find out. The only thing I can do to stop the "auto-tabing" after it starts is to restart.

Is there any other way other than a short cut to adjust the brightness? I couldn't find it. and is there a way to configure the shortcuts?

If you have quickset installed try removing it, rebooting, and then
reinstalling it. I wonder if you have the tab key mapped somehow to something
else.

Also, FYI you can adjust brightness without having Quickset installed, but
Quickset gives you a little icon when you do it and some other options.

"DC3" wrote:

thanks, after I uninstall quickset, should I re-install it from here:
Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook QuickSet v.8.2.20 for Windows Vista
It's the only place I can find. to be honest I don't even know what quickset's function is or that is a dell feature. if i do have the tab key mapped to something else, how do i change that? my tab key works as it should, cycles through clickable items etc. its just my brigtness shortcut FN+up arrow, starts the auto tabbing repeatedly while it also turns up the brightness.