NP9262... how to make number lock stay on with restart?

tried a search on this but what came up didn't have anything to do with the number lock

 

if you want NumLock to be on when Windows starts up, thats easy, its a setting.

if you want NumLock to be on when the notebook is POSTing, then it might be tough unless if there is a BIOS option.

 

I know for XP:

Set Keyboard Status at Boot (num lock, scroll lock, caps lock)

I follow good security advise (ha!) and use a password of letters and number yet when XP boots the num lock is disabled. That means I have to hit an extra key to enable it. Wow, I know, but I'm lazy.

I've read over and over that Windows XP will remember that state of the num lock and will restart in that state. Not on any of my XP boxes.

But there is a quick registry change that'll fix it up.

Click start, run and type in regedit to open the registry editor program.

Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

The value of InitialKeyboardIndicators controls the state of num lock, caps lock and scroll lock:

0 - Indicators off
1 - Caps Lock on
2 - Num Lock on
3 - Caps Lock on and Num Lock on
4 - Scroll Lock on
5 - Caps Lock on and Scroll Lock on
6 - Num Lock on and Scroll Lock on
7 - Caps Lock on, Num Lock on, and Scroll Lock on

So to enable num lock at boot time set the value to 2, close regedit and reboot.

 

Thanks for the info........ Does anybody know if this is the SAME thing that would work for Vista Ultimate 64-BIT?

In Vista Ultimate 64-bit, the InitialKeyboardIndicators are 2147483648.......I'm very confused.....PLEASE HELP
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here ya go:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/91086-toggle-keys-startup.html

 

cool thanks...... that explained it......the long number is basically 0..... so u just replace it with a 2 to have num lock come on at start