numeric keypad issue- HELP! IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE???

[GSteven]

This thing is driving me nuts! This is a repost from a few weeks back. I've
gotten zero response.

Can anyone offer anything on this? Is there too much or too little info in
this post?

The numlock key IS on. I've been through all basic msconfig troubleshooting
techniques to no avail.

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This is a new one on me. I have a WinXPH box (generic mfg with Intel P4
800mhz, 512KRAM) that is displaying a rather odd behavior. There are two
logins (user accounts) on the box.

When logged in under the first account (my admin account) the numeric keypad
does
not work. When a key is pressed there is no indication that the OS saw the
keypress.

When logged in under the second account all is well.

Is there some obscure registry setting that could be causing this?

tia
Steve

 

[Guest]

I hate to hear that it takes so long to get a response but maybe this will help determine what is going on. If you make a new admin user in user accounts does that one have the num lock/keypad problem as well? If not then I think the user account may be corrupted and need some deletion but never fear you can still save any files from the corrupt account when you delete it, you would just have to change the look when you log onto that new account. Hope this helps..

----- GSteven wrote: ----

This thing is driving me nuts! This is a repost from a few weeks back. I'v
gotten zero response

Can anyone offer anything on this? Is there too much or too little info i
this post

The numlock key IS on. I've been through all basic msconfig troubleshootin
techniques to no avail

************ previous post ****************************************

This is a new one on me. I have a WinXPH box (generic mfg with Intel P
800mhz, 512KRAM) that is displaying a rather odd behavior. There are tw
logins (user accounts) on the box

When logged in under the first account (my admin account) the numeric keypa
doe
not work. When a key is pressed there is no indication that the OS saw th
keypress

When logged in under the second account all is well

Is there some obscure registry setting that could be causing this

ti
Stev

 

[MJ]

Log on as an administrator.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/numlock.vbs
DL & run the vbscript above. It toggles numlock on/off each time you run it. Once you
turn numlock on, reboot back to admin. profile.

 

[Steve]

thanks, I had just about decided that was the only way to go. I had already
created another admin account and the problem went away. The only
reservation I have about deleting the old account is that some appliactions
were installed to only work for that account.

One I can think of off te top of my head is Outlook Express. How can I let
the app know that the new login ID is really the same person?

Follow?

tia
Steve

I hate to hear that it takes so long to get a response but maybe this will
help determine what is going on. If you make a new admin user in user
accounts does that one have the num lock/keypad problem as well? If not
then I think the user account may be corrupted and need some deletion but
never fear you can still save any files from the corrupt account when you
delete it, you would just have to change the look when you log onto that new
account. Hope this helps...

----- GSteven wrote: -----

This thing is driving me nuts! This is a repost from a few weeks back.
I've
gotten zero response.

Can anyone offer anything on this? Is there too much or too little info
in
this post?

The numlock key IS on. I've been through all basic msconfig
troubleshooting
techniques to no avail.

************ previous post *****************************************

This is a new one on me. I have a WinXPH box (generic mfg with Intel P4
800mhz, 512KRAM) that is displaying a rather odd behavior. There are
two
logins (user accounts) on the box.

When logged in under the first account (my admin account) the numeric
keypad
does
not work. When a key is pressed there is no indication that the OS saw
the
keypress.

When logged in under the second account all is well.

Is there some obscure registry setting that could be causing this?

tia
Steve