Helen said:
How can I change the default setting for Num Lock to OFF
on a WinXP laptop?
Backup the registry.
In regedit, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
Then double-click the InitialKeyboardIndicators value on the right
Change the value to 0 and exit the registry.
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