Tue 2 Sep 2008
This tutorial explains how to enable or disable Keyboard Number Lock each time your computer starts.
Have you ever entered a phone number via the numeric keypad only to discover nothing has appeared? The most likely cause is Number Lock (or Num Lock as it us usually labeled) is disabled, and it’s a simple matter of hitting the Num Lock key to get numbers from your keypad. If you have done this enough times however, you will know how much of a pain it is to retype things repeatedly. Luckily a simple registry setting can set the Number Lock Status to your preferred setting.
To enable or disable keyboard numberlock at startup:
1. Stat regedit but going start -> run -> regedit -> OK
2. Browse to HKEY_Current_User\ControlPanel\Keyboard
3. In the right hand pane double click “InitialKeyboardIndicators” and set “Value data:” to 0 to have NumLock disabled, or 2 to have NumLock enabled at startup.
Oddly Microsoft recommends making a visual basic script to set Number Lock. This seems a litte cumbersome compared to changing a single registry entry, but that is probably a matter of opinion.
