Problems of hotkey U300s

For the last month or so my shortcut keys f6 - f16 (the actions not the real f-keys) have stopped working. This includes the button wifi, microphone and toggle the webcame and the brightness setting. With the help of software I can see the real f keys still work when the function is pressed. I updated my bios today to try to fix it but no luck. The volume up, down and cut keys, as well as the trackpad disable keys still work fine. It seems related to the actions of working windows and those with personalized do Lenovo UI does not. So I think it might be a driver lenovo deal? I have the drivers updated. Does anyone know how to fix this please?

Figured it Oops! for those who have similar problems, see http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-z480-Volume-and-Brightness-D...

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