Numlock key seems to be disabled PLEASE HELP!

[Guest]

Hello All. I am working on a Windows 2000 PC. Only when a certain user logs
in the Numlock key doesn't work. It can't be a hardware problem because I've
tried switching out the keyboard and that has no effect. Also, with the
numlock key off the arrows and functions on the number keys on the keypad
work. It's just that when the numlock key is on, nothing appears when you
type a number when logged on as this user. When I log in as myself the
number keypad and numlock key function normally. Even when I boot into safe
mode with the affected user's login the numlock key still doesn't work for
him. I rooted around in the registry and Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and I could not find anything under Control Panel,
Keyboard that seemed out of place. I also looked under the Local Computer
Policy in the MMC. Does anyone know of a registry setting that could disable
the numlock key for a certain user, or can anyone think of anything else to
check???

 

[Mark V]

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wrote:

Hello All. I am working on a Windows 2000 PC. Only when a
certain user logs in the Numlock key doesn't work. It can't be
a hardware problem because I've tried switching out the keyboard
and that has no effect. Also, with the numlock key off the
arrows and functions on the number keys on the keypad work.
It's just that when the numlock key is on, nothing appears when
you type a number when logged on as this user. When I log in as
myself the number keypad and numlock key function normally.
Even when I boot into safe mode with the affected user's login
the numlock key still doesn't work for him. I rooted around in
the registry and Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
and I could not find anything under Control Panel, Keyboard that
seemed out of place. I also looked under the Local Computer
Policy in the MMC. Does anyone know of a registry setting that
could disable the numlock key for a certain user, or can anyone
think of anything else to check???

I suspect that user's profile at
HKEY_Current_User\ControlPanel\Keyboard\
that
InitialKeyboardIndicators=0
(REG_SZ)
"0" (zero) = disabled. Try "2"

 

[Guest]

Yes, I read that on the Microsoft website and have checked it under the key
that you mentioned. It was correctly set at 2. Thank you for the suggestion
though!

 

[Dave Patrick]

The key and Reg_Sz string that Mark mentioned is all there is to it. If the
problem is specific to one user on the machine then the profile is probably
corrupt.

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:
| Yes, I read that on the Microsoft website and have checked it under the
key
| that you mentioned. It was correctly set at 2. Thank you for the
suggestion
| though!
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| Regards,
| Adrienne