I have a Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard with the F-lock feature.
Start the boot sequence, push the F lock the 'f' light comes on', during the
boot the f-lock light goes off, push the f-lock key again
(every time it goes off turn it back on) between F-lock key pushes
continually push (not push and hold) the F8 key.

On my machine there is plenty of time from when the F-light goes out to turn
it back on and start hittting the F8 key.

Michael

"Keith Patrick" <richard_keith_patrick@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> My apologies if this appears twice. Windows Mail tends to hang when I post
> to MS Communities, and some of these show up days later while other just
> get
> lost...I am really starting to hate Vista's UI bugs. Anyway:
> I've got a bit of a dilemma. In a nutshell, I turned off admin rights to
> my
> account but UAC's password prompt is not showing any password box (this
> can't be by design because the message is saying that I have to enter a
> password on the window), so I can't try to do anything as an admin. So I'm
> trying to login as an admin, but it requires starting Windows in Safe
> Mode,
> which requires hitting F8 before Windows starts. Problem is, the F-Lock
> key
> is forced OFF for almost the entire bootup duration.
>
> Has anone with one of MS' F-Lock keyboards run into this problem and seen
> a
> solution? It's really, really crucial that I regain admin rights to my
> machine soon, but the flakiness I'm starting to discover in Vista has now
> gone from annoying to highly disruptive.
>