Num Lock indicator does not come on by default at start up anymore

[John Gudgin]

I am using Windows XP Home Edition.
Whan I started my pc, the Num Lock key used to turn itself on by default.
This no longer happens.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I get the Num Lock to come
on by default when I start up.

Thanks in advance for your help

 

[Guest]

This is a bios setting - i dont think windows controls it


easy to set in the bios though

 

[John Gudgin]

I know nothing about bios or how to change it

This is a bios setting - i dont think windows controls it


easy to set in the bios though

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am using Windows XP Home Edition.
Whan I started my pc, the Num Lock key used to turn itself on by
default. This no longer happens.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I get the Num Lock
to come on by default when I start up.

Thanks in advance for your help

Please cross-post instead of multiposting in the future..

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/196/

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am using Windows XP Home Edition.
Whan I started my pc, the Num Lock key used to turn itself on by
default. This no longer happens.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I get the Num Lock
to come on by default when I start up.

Thanks in advance for your help

This is a bios setting - i dont think windows controls it

easy to set in the bios though

Not completely true - Windows can override the setting when it boots up.

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/196/

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am using Windows XP Home Edition.
Whan I started my pc, the Num Lock key used to turn itself on by
default. This no longer happens.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I get the Num Lock
to come on by default when I start up.

Thanks in advance for your help

This is a bios setting - i dont think windows controls it

easy to set in the bios though

I know nothing about bios or how to change it

You don't need to know how, but you can get into your BIOS as your computer
starts up from Power Off.. Look for a "Press F2 (or F1 or DEL or something)
to get into the System BIO (or SETUP or something..)" and do what it says..
Look around.. As long as you don't save your changes and/or document all of
the settings there first so you can set it back if something doesn't work
right, you should be fine.

Change the Default NumLock State
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/196/

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am using Windows XP Home Edition.
Whan I started my pc, the Num Lock key used to turn itself on by default.
This no longer happens.
I would be grateful if someone could tell me how I get the Num Lock to come
on by default when I start up.

Thanks in advance for your help

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]

This is a bios setting - i dont think windows controls it


easy to set in the bios though

Sorry, this is no applicable to WinXP. 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.



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