gesully said:
I have XP Professional. Keyboard numeric lock is set to "on" in the bios. The
numeric lock light comes on at first but goes off when windows starts to load
and stays off. I have to manually turn it on before entering my password. Any
ideas?
WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT and Win2K, by design, ignores
the BIOS settings for the NumLock key as a standard security feature.
(I'm afraid I can't remember the "security" issue initially addressed.)
By default, the NumLock key is turned off as WinXP starts, and keeps
it off until someone logs in and initializes a user profile. WinXP will
remember the NumLock's last state, meaning that if you log out with the
NumLock on, it will automatically turn on the next time you log in; If
you log out with the NumLock off, it will be off the next time you log in.
If you need the NumLock on _before_ logging in, a registry edit can
be used to change WinXP's default behavior:
How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314879
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