I use an HP Pavilion laptop computer with an illuminated keyboard. Yesterday I wrote a post asking how to keep the keyboard lighting on all the time because it goes dark after 15 seconds of inactivity. I asked here in r/blind, in r/computerhelp and r/techsupport. I also looked at HP's website and Googled the question and even poked around in BIOS. I couldn't find a solution so I called my son. He does cybersecurity for the Army and I figured he might know a trick or two, but he pretty much asked Google the same questions and ended up at the same websites I did.

My son says there's probably a driver I can download that would enable me to control the keyboard light.

Now I'm aware of how tech challenged I am. My understanding of drivers and such is very basic and probably wrong so forgive me if I use the wrong words here, but if HP doesn't have a bit of software or a driver or a code patch that gives the user control of the keyboard lights or turns them permanently on, why don't we make one?

Specifically, can a piece of code be written that will turn the illuminated keyboard on all the time? Is there something I can write in the command prompt or a piece of software I can install that will disable the timer and keep the lights on for me?

I have no idea who to ask. I don't know if it's a ten minute fix or a really complex problem. I've noticed many of us in r/blind are software developers so I thought I'd ask here first.

Any ideas?