Pointing Devices and Keyboard - Windows Vista

Keyboard
Pointing Devices and Keyboard 2–5
Decrease screen brightness (fn+f9)
Press fn+f9 to decrease screen brightness. Hold down the hotkey
to decrease the brightness level incrementally.
Increase screen brightness (fn+f10)
Press fn+f10 to increase screen brightness. Hold down the hotkey
to increase the brightness level incrementally.
Activate the ambient light sensor (fn+f11)
Press fn+f11 hotkey to turn on and off the ambient light sensor.
Display and clear system information (fn+esc)
The fn+esc hotkey displays information about system hardware
components and the system BIOS version numbers
In the Windows
fn+esc display, the version of the system BIOS
(basic input-output system) is displayed as the BIOS date. On
some computer models, the BIOS date is displayed in decimal
format. The BIOS date is sometimes called the system ROM
version number.
To clear the
fn+esc display, press esc, or press enter.