Function key (Fn key) is Stuck

Okay, so I learned something the hard way tonight.

Because My Gift is a frustrated guitar artist, Santa brought him Adobe Audition 3, which, in a Moose-a-Muffin sort of fashion escalated into a complete mobilization of our computer, laptops, and spare parts so that he can now have a burly computer system dedicated to his music making.

The Fn (Function) key was permanently toggled into the on position so that I could only type numbers etc with my right hand.

This leaves me with the laptop, the wireless mouse, and the 'natural' style keyboard which I strongly prefer. I just set up the laptop at my old computer station and plugged in the curvy keyboard. Everything worked great. Until I unplugged the keyboard and carried the laptop away again.

The Fn (Function) key was permanently toggled into the on position so that with my right hand I could only type numbers etc. (Remember that on a laptop, the number pad is tucked under the right hand letters, toggled by the Fn key). HHHHhhhhmmmmmm.

After A LOT of websearching I learned that I have to -- prior to disconnecting the independent keyboard -- turn NumLock off. Laptops don't have NumLock keys, so if you left it set to NumLock on the big keyboard, it will stay on NumLock.

I am sharing this with you in the off-chance that you someday need it, or that your search term brings you here and I can save you some time. Let me know if it helps, will you?