Want to set 'num lock' to be on and active at Windows 7 Log-in screen on new HP G60-530US laptop.

Anonymous
2009-11-18T21:19:38+00:00

Have tried a number of methods to have num-lock activated at Windows log-on that were suggested for XP and Vista, but with no success. These include making registry changes to set

InitialKeyboardIndicators to a value of 2 at

HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard

and also running a numlock.vbs script in

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

as per Microsoft support site http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314879

Regardless of what I have tried, including shutting down with num lock activated, num lock will be 'off' when the computer is rebooted. There is no setting in the BIOS to control num lock. Does anyone have another suggestion?

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Anonymous
2010-07-01T17:15:38+00:00

I experienced the same problem myself; fortunately, the solution is simple.  For some reason, the default value of some of the registry keys (not all) were changed in windows 7, which causes the system to apparently ignore the InitialKeyboardIndicators settings in the other locations.  All that is requireded is the performance of a search of the registry using regedit for that key.  It is important to use the find function to locate ALL keyboard keys forInitialKeyboardIndicators and set them to the same value setting.  The value options are as follows:

0 - Turn all indicators Off (NumLock, CapsLock, ScrollLock)

1 - Turn CapsLock On

2 - Turn NumLock On

3 - Turn CapsLock and NumLock On

4 - Turn ScrollLock On

5 - Turn CapsLock and ScrollLock On

6 - Turn NumLock and ScrollLock On

7 - Turn all indicators On (NumLock, CapsLock, ScrollLock)

In my case, the string value was some 7 or 8 digit number such as 21765430.  These entries are the cause of the reboot change in the num lock status.  If you want it on when you boot, set the string value to 2 in all the keys with numeric values.  Problem solved!

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-03-12T09:41:45+00:00

    It can certainly be done through the Windows registry.

    Go to start type regedit and launch the executable as administrator.

    Find the following key:

    HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/KEYBOARD

    There should be a value called InitialKeyboadIndicators with its value set to 2147483648

    Edit the value to 2147483650 (just add 2)

    Reboot, and NumLock should be activated upon startup.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-01-17T01:27:51+00:00

    I found on HP laptop that you can not change much in the bios. Also that theInitialKeyboardIndicators is set at dword value my desktop is a string value. After I log in on my laptop the number lock is on. How to change to a string value on my laptop I don't know. The one way that I found was to save settings from desk top and install on laptop worked for me. To do this I used windows easy transfer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-11-29T19:57:46+00:00

    I have just had Windows 7 installed on my HP dc58000, and followed your advice about changing the HEX in the registry.  Works like a charm.

    Thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-11-04T02:38:19+00:00

    I found exactly what you described and changed all occurrences of the value of 'InitialKeyboardIndicators' to 2. Hadn't had a chance to verify yet because my PC, a one week old HP Pavilion Elite HPE, is busy with a task. In the unlikely event that this change doesn't work, I'll let you know.

    In the meantime, thanx for a clear, concise, and knowledgeable reply that is head-on. With the mild rain of unqualified blither that one tends to get in Forums, answers like yours are always the rare pearls. Wish any time someone replies with a 'blither' reply, they'd have to pay a big fine to be distributed to the 'good' guys who only write when they reallyknow what they are talking about.

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