Keep Num Lock on after start-up

Anonymous
2008-12-22T16:09:28+00:00

How do I make windows start-up with the Number Lock on?

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Anonymous
2008-12-22T19:42:50+00:00

Windows will remember the setting you use at shutdown, usually. If you have trouble with that, there is a registry setting you can make to do it. If you are comfortable with that, for now you can go to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard] (or [HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard] for all users) "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"

Later, you can come back to this thread when the "FitIt4me" team has the button developed to do that for you. They should be finishing up development work on that pretty soon.

Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-25T03:37:10+00:00

    How to keep number lock for windows phone

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-20T16:34:47+00:00

    Windows will remember the setting you use at shutdown, usually. If you have trouble with that, there is a registry setting you can make to do it. If you are comfortable with that, for now you can go to :

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard] (or [HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard] for all users) "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"

    Later, you can come back to this thread when the "FitIt4me" team has the button developed to do that for you. They should be finishing up development work on that pretty soon.

    Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

    I don't know how to do what you suggest above.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-09-02T19:24:22+00:00

    Download a simple utility called Numlocker. http://numlocker.en.softonic.com/ 

    I have used it for many years without issue, currently with Windows 10. Now, I never have to press the 'NumLock' key -- ever!

    It does the required registry change for you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-02T16:46:13+00:00

    Do you have a fix for windows or will this work just asking?

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