Keep Num Lock on after start-up

Thank you very much.  I have done so and will follow it.

Download the JPEG file instead. If you are not able to do so then go to the 'Performance and Maintenance' forum and look at the thread entitled 'Windows 7 Seems to Not Read the Complete BIOS.' Near the end of this thread is a posting describing how to lock a Registry Key. The JPEG is just a copy of this posting. Even though I wrote the two programs which you attempted to download I would strongly recommend that you follow the steps listed in the JPEG INSTEAD of using either of my programs.

Programmer for Visual C++ 6.0, and Microsoft Office including Access

Listen up! I have been told about this setting multiple times. I conferred with THREE computer technicians. THIS SOLUTION FAILED FOR ALL FOUR OF US IN MULTIPLE TESTS! Quit spreading this nonsense and admit that you do not know how to fix this problem because it is based on a stupid decision.

Yesterday I wrote a C program in HALF AN HOUR which automatically ensures that the Num Lock key is set correctly. Anyone who would like to download it can do so here: http://cid-0f30552f23a71d05.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Reset%20Num%20Lock?nl=1&uc=2&isFromRichUpload=1

Once you download the program version you desire create a shortcut to it and place the shortcut in the hidden startup folder:

Hidden Start Menu for All Users:          ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Hidden Start Menu for a Single User:   Users<Name of the User>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

There is one problem with these two programs: They are unable to start-up 'Mouse Keys'. I posted a request in the 'Performance' Forum requesting how to do this, but as is so often the case in these forums none of you 'Most Valued Programmers' respond to questions concerning the internal workings of Windows 7.

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Programmer for Visual C++ 6.0, and Microsoft Office including Access

For some reason my PC wont let me install this download, so I will just turn on num lock when it boots up.

The JPEG I uploaded contains an even better method of solving the problem because it takes care of Mouse Keys as well. I have tried it five times and it has yet to fail. By the way you are not the only one who informed me that my 'real' name is no longer a secret. Replace the spaces with underscores and please tell me why people are telling me that they know my name via email. Now that I have lost my anonimity I better stop telling Microsoft what I think of them on forums like this one...

Too bad I cannot remove old postings. I was forced to switch to Windows when IBM killed OS/2. Did you know that OS/2 had 'Libraries' back in the early 1990s? Under OS/2 they were called 'shadows.' A single file could have multiple 'shadows.' This meant that every member of a team could store the 'file' (which was actually a shadow) where ever they felt like it. As soon as a shadow was saved the alterations performed on the shadow were transferred to the actual file automatically. The reason this worked was because OS/2 was not a multi-user operating system like Windows XP, and partially Windows 7. I am still waiting for a response I posted one week ago asking why I can no longer copy files with the Remote Desktop Connection like I could with Windows XP. Oddly enough I can still log on and work on a remote computer while someone else is logged on and access files on a remote system, but -- unless I email them -- I can no longer copy files from or to a remote computer.

P.S. Of course your method works. It is just a pain in the neck!

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Programmer for Visual C++ 6.0, and Microsoft Office including Access

I guess I am blind; but I do not see the jpg you uploaded.  I am a newbie to this site and I am just learning how it functions.

I remember OS/2; I used it and liked it.  I had forgotten about the shadows.  I have not yet tried remote desktop with Windows Seven. I did set up a home group in Seven with my wife's XP laptop.  We can share between her shared files and my public files.  I didn't opt to try remote desktop for security reasons.

Once I tried your method for numlock, Windows remembered the setting.  I have had no further problems with numlock at boot up. I am in your debt!!