Registry problem

J

JT

I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the
number lock is always on as below. I find now since the reinstall the
registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a
suggestion?

thanks

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

JT said:
I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the
number lock is always on as below. I find now since the reinstall the
registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a
suggestion?

thanks

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
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What "reinstall" are you referring to?
 
P

Paddy

I find now since the reinstall the
registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a
suggestion?
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See if you can set it in the BIOS. I have never had to tweak any
windows installation to get NUM LOCK to stay on.
 
J

Jose

I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the
number lock is always on as below.  I find now since the reinstall the
registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a
suggestion?

thanks

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
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There may not be a way to set it in every BIOS. The BIOS settings
will get overridden
first by XP, then by the user profile when it the user logs in. The
XP default is all
indicators off.

Let's say you could not change it in the BIOS - what would you do?

XP remembers (possibly changes) the setting when a user logs off or
the system is shutdown
and applies it again when the user logs in. Now you know one thing
that is happening when
XP says "Saving your settings...".

This is why the BIOS setting may appear "not to work" or the keys seem
to keep changing. They are
behaving as designed.

You will have the same settings when you login that you had when you
logged out or shutdown.

If you need to have the Num Lock key on before you login, change the
Windows default. Read
this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314879

Each user has their own setting in their profile.

You can adjust the default setting for each newly created user profile
or for an individual
profile by adjusting the value of:

InitialKeyboardIndicators

For the current user the location for InitialKeyboardIndicators is:

HKCU\CONTROL PANEL\KEYBOARD

Here are all the values for InitialKeyboardIndicators:

* 0 - all indicators off
* 1 - Caps Lock on
* 2 - Num Lock on
* 4 - Scroll Lock on

Or, combine them by adding the values to some other number:

* 3 - Caps Lock and Num Lock on
* 5 - Caps Lock and Scroll Lock on
* 6 - Num Lock and Scroll Lock on
* 7 - Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock on

For all (new) users, the location for InitialKeyboardIndicators is:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\CONTROL PANEL\KEYBOARD

If the InitialKeyboardIndicators key does not exist, create it.
 
J

JT

Checked Bios couldn't see any setting.

Paddy said:
See if you can set it in the BIOS. I have never had to tweak any
windows installation to get NUM LOCK to stay on.
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J

JT

THANK YOU!

Never had to use this option before but it worked perfectly and so simple.
Many thanks!
 
E

Elmo

JT said:
THANK YOU!

Never had to use this option before but it worked perfectly and so simple.
Many thanks!
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That's great news! Thanks go to Kelly for her great collection of XP fixes.
 
D

Daave

Jose said:
What does it do?
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It makes these specific changes to the registry:


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SystemTray"="SysTray.Exe"

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40
 
P

Paul

norm said:
Comes up with

"Content Encoding Error

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an
invalid or unsupported form of compression."
Norm
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I tried loading up Firefox 3.5.7 in a virtual machine, and I can't
seem to get the same error.

Paul
 
N

norm

I tried loading up Firefox 3.5.7 in a virtual machine, and I can't
seem to get the same error.

Paul
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Thanks for info.
No problem with IE
Think I will try mozilla groups.
 
N

norm

I tried loading up Firefox 3.5.7 in a virtual machine, and I can't
seem to get the same error.

Paul
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google search shows this a bug in firefox.
solution is to clear cache and cookies.
works now
 
P

Paul

norm said:
google search shows this a bug in firefox.
solution is to clear cache and cookies.
works now
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Thanks for posting back. I clear my cache regularly, and
maybe that is why I never see the bug. I like to toss all the
cookies out on a regular basis, which is the main reason I
bother to clear things. It allows me to visit news sites, without
any annoying "we think you'd like to read..." things from them
tracking what I'm reading. Tossing as many cookies as I can,
keeps them in the dark.

Paul
 

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