Num Lock

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Softshoe

There are a couple of Registry entries that turns the Num Lock on during
boot up. I have forgotten what the names are and what the values should be
so that the Num Lock is turned on automatically on bootup. Can anyone give a
forgetful old man a hand with this one. I need the name and path, along with
the value. Thanks
 
Softshoe said:
There are a couple of Registry entries that turns the Num Lock on during
boot up. I have forgotten what the names are and what the values should be
so that the Num Lock is turned on automatically on bootup. Can anyone give
a forgetful old man a hand with this one. I need the name and path, along
with the value. Thanks
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Its normally initiated in the BIOS but try,
Start the Registry Editor
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Keyboard \
Double-click the value InitialKeyboardIndicators, and enter 2 as it's Value
data
Close the registry editor
Log off, or restart Windows for the changes to take effect

HTH
MH
 
Windows will remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it on the next
boot. If Num Lock is on when the machine is shutdown, then Num Lock will be
on when the machine is next started. If Num Lock is off when the machine is
shutdown, then Num Lock will be off when the machine is next started.

You can change settings in the key below, all you want. But, Windows will
remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it that way on the next boot.

Toggling the Num Lock key toggles the value from 0 to 2 in the registry key
below. But the data isn't written to the registry key until you log off or
shutdown.

HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: 0 or 2
0 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK off when it starts.
2 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK on when it starts.

[[Change method
To change the value of this entry, press the NUMLOCK key on your keyboard.]]
from...
InitialKeyboardIndicators
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/34674.asp

If you want the numlock on at the Welcome Screen you also need to change:

HKEY USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators (same
number values
as above).

How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314879

How to enable the NUM LOCK key for the logon screen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154529

S-1-5-18 is the SID for %systemroot%\system32\config\systemprofile.

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is my SID. Yours will be
S-1-5-21-some other numbers.

The HKEY_CURRENT_USER InitialKeyboardIndicators value and
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-some other numbers will be the same, probably. They
should be the same with you logged on.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\Control
Panel\Keyboard

Also check this key...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\win.ini\Windows
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: USR:Control Panel\Keyboard
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
Actually, I found out that in Windows XP, even if you shut down with the num
lock on, it doesn't start up with it on. So you do need to go into the
registry to fix it.

Rose

Wesley Vogel said:
Windows will remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it on the next
boot. If Num Lock is on when the machine is shutdown, then Num Lock will
be
on when the machine is next started. If Num Lock is off when the machine
is
shutdown, then Num Lock will be off when the machine is next started.

You can change settings in the key below, all you want. But, Windows will
remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it that way on the next
boot.

Toggling the Num Lock key toggles the value from 0 to 2 in the registry
key
below. But the data isn't written to the registry key until you log off
or
shutdown.

HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: 0 or 2
0 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK off when it starts.
2 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK on when it starts.

[[Change method
To change the value of this entry, press the NUMLOCK key on your
keyboard.]]
from...
InitialKeyboardIndicators
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/34674.asp

If you want the numlock on at the Welcome Screen you also need to change:

HKEY USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators (same
number values
as above).

How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314879

How to enable the NUM LOCK key for the logon screen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154529

S-1-5-18 is the SID for %systemroot%\system32\config\systemprofile.

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is my SID. Yours will be
S-1-5-21-some other numbers.

The HKEY_CURRENT_USER InitialKeyboardIndicators value and
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-some other numbers will be the same, probably. They
should be the same with you logged on.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\Control
Panel\Keyboard

Also check this key...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\win.ini\Windows
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: USR:Control Panel\Keyboard
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Softshoe said:
There are a couple of Registry entries that turns the Num Lock on during
boot up. I have forgotten what the names are and what the values should
be
so that the Num Lock is turned on automatically on bootup. Can anyone
give a forgetful old man a hand with this one. I need the name and path,
along with the value. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It does on the two XP machines I have here, I've never had to go into the
registry to alter anything.
Joan
 
If you want the numlock on at the Welcome Screen you do need to change this
key:
HKEY USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

otherwise XP will remember the status of Num Lock key when the machine is
shutdown.

InitialKeyboardIndicators
HKCU\Control Panel\Keyboard
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/34674.asp

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Rose said:
Actually, I found out that in Windows XP, even if you shut down with the
num lock on, it doesn't start up with it on. So you do need to go into
the registry to fix it.

Rose

Wesley Vogel said:
Windows will remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it on the
next boot. If Num Lock is on when the machine is shutdown, then Num
Lock will be
on when the machine is next started. If Num Lock is off when the machine
is
shutdown, then Num Lock will be off when the machine is next started.

You can change settings in the key below, all you want. But, Windows
will remember the status of Num Lock key and enable it that way on the
next boot.

Toggling the Num Lock key toggles the value from 0 to 2 in the registry
key
below. But the data isn't written to the registry key until you log off
or
shutdown.

HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: 0 or 2
0 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK off when it starts.
2 = Windows XP turns NUMLOCK on when it starts.

[[Change method
To change the value of this entry, press the NUMLOCK key on your
keyboard.]]
from...
InitialKeyboardIndicators
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/34674.asp

If you want the numlock on at the Welcome Screen you also need to change:

HKEY USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators
(same number values
as above).

How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314879

How to enable the NUM LOCK key for the logon screen
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154529

S-1-5-18 is the SID for %systemroot%\system32\config\systemprofile.

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is my SID. Yours will be
S-1-5-21-some other numbers.

The HKEY_CURRENT_USER InitialKeyboardIndicators value and
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-some other numbers will be the same, probably. They
should be the same with you logged on.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\Keyboard

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\Control
Panel\Keyboard

Also check this key...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\win.ini\Windows
Value Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: USR:Control Panel\Keyboard
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Softshoe said:
There are a couple of Registry entries that turns the Num Lock on during
boot up. I have forgotten what the names are and what the values should
be
so that the Num Lock is turned on automatically on bootup. Can anyone
give a forgetful old man a hand with this one. I need the name and path,
along with the value. Thanks
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Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:09:26 +0100 from Joan Archer
It does on the two XP machines I have here, I've never had to go into the
registry to alter anything.
Click to expand...

The OP's experience matches mine -- NumLock's status was _not_
remembered across a shutdown or reboot. (In my case it was always on
at startup and I wanted it off.)

The registry edit to set NumLock to the desired state has already
been posted, so I won't repeat it. :-)
 
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