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

6 years later and still unresolved.  Using PS/2 keyboard (Sorry Microsoft, I know you tried to kill that for me but I found a way around it).  Having this issue as of today.  Num Lock will randomly turn itself off, this is a personal computer only connected to the plain ol' internet.

Hi teamkobza,

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a.    Go to start and type regedit.exe.

b.    Navigate to HKEY_USERS.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.

c.    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.

Note: As you do not have this, you will need to create a key manually. Right click on “Keyboard”-> click New-> Key-> Name it as InitialKeyboardIndicators. Double-click onInitialKeyboardIndicatorsandset its value data to 2.

d.    Close registry editor.

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

Regards,

Divya R – Microsoft Support.

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Hi Divya,

This works until the next time I restart the laptop all my windows updates are up to date. The "insert" key also randomly switches on.

I speed type so can be typing for several minutes before I realise the problem and then have to retype the document.

This is becoming so bad I cant work productively any more. I see from the internet that thousands of people have this problem. Can I switch to a reliable operating system or a different hardware manufacturer, I have a lenovo and a surface pro and it happens on both.

Please can microsoft take the resolution of this problem seriously for all users and provide a perminent FIX.

Kind regards

David

Folks, there are two unrelated issues here... 

Issue #1: The Num Lock key is disabled when you log into Windows.

This is an issue with the keyboard default state defined within the Registry.

1. Open Regedit.exe
2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
3. Modify InitialKeyboardIndicators and change this to 2 or 214783650. (The default value will be 0 or 214783648).

Issue #2: The Num Lock key disables in the middle of your session.

This is a known bug within the .NET framework that toggles the NumLock state when executing multiple SendKey statements. It is likely that some software you are running is triggering the issue without your awareness. In our case we had a VB front-end to an Access database that was triggering the bug during a text fill procedure on a listbox control. Unless you have code-level access to the program in question you will need to download a service that continuously obtains the state of the Num Lock key and enables it if it is ever disabled. 

1. Download the NumLocker Windows service. You can find it on SoftPedia or any number of other share sites.
2. Configure the NumLocker service to always maintain the Num Lock state.  Until Microsoft addresses the issue (also read as 'never') with .NET then you will need to use a service like this.

Thanks Kevin 1973.

It looks like NumLocker is what I need.  It is so frustrating to use the Keypad, only to have nothing happen or the cursor jumping around.