setting a keyboard function lock key at startup

[Paul Ponzelli]

I just got a Microsoft multimedia keyboard which has two banks of controls
on the function keys - one set has the usual F1-F12 keys, the other set has
shortcuts to different application commands like Open, Close, Undo, etc.
The way you go from one bank to the other is by pressing an "F Lock" key,
which toggles the two banks of commands. I'll only be using the F1-F12
function keys, but when the computer boots up, the F Lock key is off by
default, which means every time I boot up, I have to press that key to
access the function keys I want to use.

Is there a way to set the bootup procedures so that it will automatically
enable that F Lock key on my keyboard so I don't have to turn it on every
time I start my computer?

Thanks in advance.

Paul

 

[dave]

the only way ive found is this ::

save the text between the snips as a text file called flockon.reg
(dont include the snips) and run it ...happy typing :O)

<-----------------snip

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode
Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,19,00,00,00,3b,00,3b,e0,3c,00,08,e0,\

3d,00,07,e0,3e,00,3e,e0,3f,00,3f,e0,40,00,40,e0,41,00,41,e0,42,00,42,e0,43,\

00,43,e0,44,00,23,e0,57,00,57,e0,58,00,58,e0,3b,e0,3b,00,08,e0,3c,00,07,e0,\

3d,00,3e,e0,3e,00,3f,e0,3f,00,40,e0,40,00,41,e0,41,00,42,e0,42,00,43,e0,43,\
00,23,e0,44,00,57,e0,57,00,58,e0,58,00,00,00,00,00

<-----------------snip

 

[dave]

forgot to mention you may need to restart before it'll take effect

 

[Paul James]

Thanks for the help Dave. Where did you find that? I couldn't find
anything about it in the documentation that came with the keyboard.

Paul