have run full system restor on laptop, now function keys won't work and i can't adjust the screen contrast or brightness. laptop is a compaq armada v300 running windows xp home.
any ideas?
help always appreciated

To what point have you restored the system? Try to re-install the laptop utility drivers whcih should enable all the fn features of the laptop.

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