Num Lock Won't Stay Set

[Guest]

For some reason I can't get the Num Lock to stay set to on
It is correctly set to be on at startup in the BIOS
But every time I reboot the computer I have to restet the Num Lock to on by pressing athe Num Lock Key
This is true since I updated from W98SE to Win 2000 and alos true when updating to XP Pro
Any idea how to fix this?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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


Bruce Chambers

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[Guest]

Bruce Chambers, Thank you;-)) Thank you;-)
You saved me hours of trying to figure this one out

----- Bruce Chambers wrote: ----

Greetings -

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 X
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;31487


Bruce Chamber

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You're welcome.

Bruce Chambers

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