Num Lock not turned on when booting Windows 8

Anonymous

Hi everyone,

After turning on my system after loading Windows 8, the Num Lock does not turn on automatically as it is set in my BIOS. I followed suggestions given in the forums and changed the registry entries for the InitialKeyboardIndicators key in the registry to have a value of 2. This still does not work.

What I noticed is that if I sign off in Windows 8 and then select shut down after signing out, the num lock light will be on after rebooting my system. However, if I go into settings and power off directly without signing off, num lock is turned off when I reboot my PC.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Michael

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Anonymous

Try:

Control Panel => Hardware and Sound => Power Options => System Settings

Uncheck (Turn on fast startup).

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Anonymous

I cannot find the suggested path in Windows 8.1's Control Panel.

See my hints on page 1 of this thread? There is no direct path there. You must take the detour via the "Choose what the power buttons do" link. That's what I described as: Win-X O, Tab, Tab, Enter.

BTW I am now using the W8.2 on Surface RT and although it has the above link it doesn't have any way of achieving the ultimate objective (of turning off "Fast Startup"). I do remember that I would have been using a real W8.1 to make my observations. However, since this is essentially a BIOS function I now suspect you are more likely to be able to do something similar via the Advanced Restart function. So, see if instead you can do what you need via Win-w Advanced Startup Enter (and then Restart from there).

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle

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Anonymous

2014-05-31T04:07:33+00:00

This does not work, at least not with my brand new laptop running windows 8.

In Regedit, HKEY USERS/Default/Control Panel/Keyboard. The InitialKeyboardIndicators string, In the value data field change from 2147483648 to 2147483650 and click “OK”. Restart your computer and the num lock will stay on. You do not have to mess with anything in regards to the BIOS or disable anything like "fast start"

This worked perfectly on my Asus with 8.1. Thanks!

This trick is not working on my Dell inspiron 7537 with Win8.1 update 1
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Anonymous

2014-05-22T02:52:40+00:00

Click on "Choose what the power buttons do." Click on "Change settings that are currently unavailable." If necessary, scroll down to "Shutdown settings." The top choice is "Turn on fast startup (recommended)." It works.

This works, but it's ridiculous that we should have to turn off fast startup to get the num lock enabled. I understand part of fast startup is disabling the unnecessary to reduce the startup footprint. But the num pad is such a basic necessity especially with a PIN sign on, that it almost completely defeats the purpose of a fast startup if you have to use the number keys across the top.

Someone at MS did not think this out very well.
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2014-05-01T03:47:15+00:00

This does not work, at least not with my brand new laptop running windows 8.

In Regedit, HKEY USERS/Default/Control Panel/Keyboard. The InitialKeyboardIndicators string, In the value data field change from 2147483648 to 2147483650 and click “OK”. Restart your computer and the num lock will stay on. You do not have to mess with anything in regards to the BIOS or disable anything like "fast start"

This worked perfectly on my Asus with 8.1. Thanks!
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