Windows 8 / 8.1 - Num Lock on startup screen

I noticed the difference between numlock off when turning the PC on after it was off altogether, and numlock on after a restart.  That is what I understand hot and cold boots to mean.  It is very frustrating because I use a numerical log-on.  What is more frustrating is that neither MS or Dell takes responsibility.  And regardless of how often I hit or hold F2 at boot, I am not taken to Setup.  That is very annoying, too.

Hi all. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew the difference between changing HKEY_CURRENT_USER and changing HKEY_USERS. They are very different beasts! Since it appeared that you all were looking for the same thing as me(NumLk on at all times, from boot to shut-down) I figured I would clear it up, in case you were just as confused as I was at first.

I will start with the one I think we’re all looking for - HKEY_USERS: **1.**Press the flying Windows key+R on your keyboard to open the Run window. **2.**Type regedit in the Open text box and press Enter to open the Windows Registry editor.(click the Yes button if User Account Control dialogue window opens) **3.**In Registry, open the following folders: **>HKEY_USERS >.DEFAULT >Control Panel >Keyboard  4.**In the right colomn, double-click “InitialKeyboardIndicators” **5.**Change the last 2 #s from 48 to 50 (from 2147483648 to 2147483650) **6.**Close the register window & try logging on again.

And finally - HKEY_CURRENT_USER: **1.**Press the flying Windows key+R on your keyboard to open the Run window **2.**Type regedit in the Open text box and press Enter to open the Windows Registry editor(click the Yes button if the User Account Control dialogue window opens) **3.**In Registry, open the following folders: **>HKEY_CURRENT_USER  >Control Panel  >Keyboard 4.**In the right colomn, double-click “InitialKeyboardIndicators” and change the # to either: 0 =NumLk is turned OFF after the logon(once you logon NumLk is no longer on & has to be switched back on) 1 =NumLk is Disable(must be manually turned on at logon & after) 2 =NumLk is turned ON after the logon(if password has numbers, NumLk must be turned on to use the keypad) **5.**Close the register window & try logging on again.

I hope this helps & clears up some of the confusion. Just remember, either just HKEY_USERS(for ALL time) or HKEY_CURRENT_USER(either 0, 1, or 2). Take care!  ;-D   Missi  <3

I found two youtube presentations on this.  \one said to change the string value to 2, the other said to change the last two digits of the string from 48 to 50.  Neither works unless you only do a hot boot.  So now I hit the numlock key and then my pin.  Sometimes, but rare, the numlock was on and I turned it off.  So even that is not a 100% solution.  think \I will now research how to not log into my MS account at startup, like it was when I first bought the new computer.

I've been experiencing the same issue. I followed your instructions and I might only add that if as in my case there was NO "InitialKeyboardIndicators" you create one in the space of the Open Default and add the code #'s ending in '50' as instructed all at one time... It worked and I haven't lost it since. 4/29/ 2015. Thanks...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

I have done this and still have to turn on numlock every time I turn on my laptop.