Num Lock default

[Guest]

Hi,
Please guide me how to set the Num lock default value as 'ON"
In may computer BIOS setup the default value for Bootup Num Lock Led is ON.
But when the window xp get start the keyboad num lock goes off. How i can get
the keyboad num lock as ON by default.
thanks in anticipation

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Windows 2000 and XP ignores the BIOS NUM Lock state. It returns the NUM
Lock to the state it was when you last shutdown down.

 

[Menno Hershberger]

Hi,
Please guide me how to set the Num lock default value as 'ON"
In may computer BIOS setup the default value for Bootup Num Lock Led
is ON. But when the window xp get start the keyboad num lock goes off.
How i can get the keyboad num lock as ON by default.
thanks in anticipation

Start - Run - type in "regedit"
Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control panel\keyboard then find the
following key...
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"
double click on it and change the value to 2

 

[Steve N.]

Windows 2000 and XP ignores the BIOS NUM Lock state. It returns the NUM
Lock to the state it was when you last shutdown down.

It preserves the state for the particular user at logoff, not at
shutdown. Example: if a user logs off with numlock ON and another user
logs in that had left it OFF it will remain OFF for that 2nd user.
Similarly if a user shuts down with numlock ON and the 2nd user starts
up and logs in having left numlock OFF the last time they logged off
then THEIR last numlock state is preserved.

Steve

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,
Please guide me how to set the Num lock default value as 'ON"
In may computer BIOS setup the default value for Bootup Num Lock Led is ON.
But when the window xp get start the keyboad num lock goes off. How i can get
the keyboad num lock as ON by default.
thanks in anticipation

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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Bruce Chambers

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[Keith Miller]

It can also be saved in an "on" state for the Welcome screen by toggling NumLock on while at the welcome screen and then choosing the "Turn Off Computer" option rather than logging in.

Keith