Numlock on domain computer

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Colin Bondi

We have finance users who like to keep their numlock on and the BIOS is
setup to turn it on but after we joined the machine to the domain the
numlock will not stay on. Even when the user manually turns it back on, if
they logoff the machine it goes back off. Is this related to AD or the
domain? If so is there a way to change this behavior so the numlock stays on
at all times?
thanks
Colin
 
For the current user; set numlock to on, then log off. Windows XP will save
your setting.

Windows NT/ 2000/XP/2003 ignores the bios on this issue. Set the Reg_Sz
string value of
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
will set the numlock to "On" when no one is logged on. May need to restart
for effect.

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Colin said:
We have finance users who like to keep their numlock on and the BIOS is
setup to turn it on but after we joined the machine to the domain the
numlock will not stay on. Even when the user manually turns it back on, if
they logoff the machine it goes back off. Is this related to AD or the
domain? If so is there a way to change this behavior so the numlock stays on
at all times?
thanks
Colin
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This shouldn't have anything to do with the computers' being domain
members, unless you've a specific group policy in place to turn NumLock
off. Check with you network administrator to determine if this is the case.

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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