mcb Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Num Lock - How do i make it stay on by default? i know its in the BIOS, but its set to On there...is there something in windows..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SOOPAH256 Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 i thought that was it. does it always turn off when you restart or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mcb Posted June 20, 2002 Author Share Posted June 20, 2002 yeah, seems to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 The Burning Rom Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Did you look in the BIOS...it should be in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 lytfear Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 yep it's in the BIOS and it's called Bootup Numlock On or Off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Dclanz Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Try this MCB (make sure it's on in the bios)...put it on during windows and then restart or logoff. Windows should save your settings before it reboots/logoff. When you get back into windows it should be on by default. It worked for me and hopefully it'll work for you.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mcb Posted June 20, 2002 Author Share Posted June 20, 2002 no, well, looking now and fiddling a bit, it seems to randomly pick a state, so dont worry about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Dclanz Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 LoL....well then good luck.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JHAres Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, do this.... - Open Notepad - Type the following text (or Cut&Paste from here): Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelKeyboard] "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2" - Save as "Numlock.reg" - Just double click on the saved file, allow the merge in the registry. - Voila...!!! Numlock stays on by default... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Dclanz Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 I haven't tried JHAres's suggestion since my num-lock already starts with windows, but it's definitely worth a shot if you're an XP or 2k man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mcb Posted June 20, 2002 Author Share Posted June 20, 2002 thanks! a couple reboots will see if that works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JHAres Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 The numlock status is saved for each user, but the numlock is back in ON after you did the login. Cause my password included numbers, that was annoying for me. The registry hack put the numlock in ON status in the Welcome (or Login) screen too, and is the default for every user... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Dclanz Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Cool. I'll remember that fix J.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JHAres Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Glad to help... ;) I'm waiting MCB tests results.... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 freeza Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 weird mcb....we have virtually the same computer and my numlock always stays on thanks to the bios have you gotten revision A10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JHAres Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Freeza , besides the numlock status in BIOS, WinXP (and 2000 if I can remember well) put the numlock in OFF by default, at least in every machine and every installation I did of WinXP.... Have you Win XP...??? ... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Num Lock - How do i make it stay on by default?
i know its in the BIOS, but its set to On there...is there something in windows..?
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