# Help me! ( with computers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-computers/159687 "2003-03-07T07:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-computers/159687/1 "2003-03-07T07:53:44Z")
Somehow, the damn overtype function has been turned on on my laptop. When this happens on my desktop, I hit Num Loc, Insert, Num Loc and it turns off, but the laptop dosen’t have those keys. How can I turn it off??? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-computers/159687/2 "2003-03-07T07:58:53Z")
Most laptops have a function key, and your normal keys will have little titles on them for End, Ins, and so on. On my crappy Toshiba laptop, it would be the FN key followed by pressing M. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-computers/159687/3 "2003-03-07T08:01:22Z")
Excuse me, it would be _holding down_ the FN key while hitting M. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-computers/159687/4 "2003-03-07T08:24:00Z")
I found it. There’s an insert (num lk) key. I hit it 3 times, and BINGO!