Windows 8 / 8.1 - Num Lock on startup screen

I wonder if Windows detects a Laptop and turns the Number Lock off at some stage during installation or an application of an update?

If I had a laptop keyboard with out a number pad and number lock on it could create a situation where I enter an incorrect password and lock myself out then go 'oh I had Number Lock on'.

That being said the fix above worked for me - I don't remember having this issue in Windows 8/8.1 on my desktop but my laptops have suffered it and the UEFI BIOSes don't seem to have an option for turning it on.

As I have a laptop with a number pad and Number Lock keeps getting turned off when I restart it makes some sense to me. It does need to be addressed by Microsoft though as not many people I know would go into the Registry to fix it.

I think I found a solution that works permanently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiqhMktjD3A

It is also a change in the register but not the one I have read in most posts.

• You go to the register
• Open HKEY USERS
• Open Default
• Open Control Panel
• Click on Keyboard
• On the right side you get 4 keyboard items
• InitialKeyboardIndicators has a number as data > 2147483648
• Doubleclick on InitialKeyboardIndicators
• In the small window you get you change the last 2 numbers from 48 to 50 and get 2147483650
• Click on ok
• Close the register window
• Try again

I have been trying now for more than 10 times and it keeps coming up on time for the login screen no matter if it is a cold start or a restart... I hope it will last :-)

Grts

Nil

Ditto...this worked for me as well!! FINALLY!!!!

You cant say enough about windows incompetence since 8.0 8.1 released  geeze get a clue MICROSOFT go back to win2000.

Jus and FYI

This alone did not work for me, however in another post  they suggested turning off fast start up. I did that after this fix and problem solved. The computer still boots up pretty fast.