my num lock keeps shutting itself off by itself can i stop this

Anonymous
2010-04-04T15:23:43+00:00

my num lock keeps shutting itself off by itself can i stop this

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Anonymous
2010-04-05T10:58:03+00:00

Hi vargatron,

a. Was it working fine earlier?

b. Do you remember making any recent changes to your computer?

Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the windows help article below.

Back up the registry**http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-the-registry**

  1. Go to start and type regedit.exe.
  2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.
  3. You'll see an entry on the right called InitialKeyboardIndicators. The "usual" default value is 0. Double click on this entry and change the value to 2.
  4. Close registry editor.

Restart the computer. The issue should be fixed by now.

Regards,

Divya R – Microsoft Support.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-03T15:29:58+00:00

    I tried this for windows 10 and it did not work.  How do you do it in 10?

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-29T02:30:18+00:00

    The solution I found is to download and install a free program called NumLocker 1.0. It's fixed the problem on all my windows 7 machines. (I have not tested it with win 8 or 8.1 but I'm guessing it should work.) You can set it to startup with windows, and it runs in the system tray. It's default behavior is to force the number lock key to STAY locked. Very handy!

    http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/NumLocker.shtml

    Joseph Croft, you deserve a medal! I have just installed and tested it on my Win 8.1 laptop and it works perfectly. My problem was numlock turning off every time the computer woke up from sleep - now it immediately turns back on!

    I went through all the registry mods, turned off fast startup - nothing worked. The strange thing is, numlock didn't turn off after a complete restart!

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-05-22T23:07:52+00:00
    1. You'll see an entry on the right called InitialKeyboardIndicators. The "usual" default value is 0. Double click on this entry and change the value to 2.

    my defaut value is 2147483648! what do i do?  my number lock only appears to turn off if i switch users, restart the system or log off and on.

    thanks for any help you can give,

    Shelagh

    I would like to know the answer to this as well.  I went ahead and changed mine to 2 and what do you know..... NOTHING CHANGED.  This **** about MS Office does really bod with me very well as I have been using these products for years and NEVER had this issue,  It has to be something else.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-05-22T23:03:23+00:00

    I have 2013 and it does the same thing to me.  In fact it just did it to me now as I typed 2013....sigh

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