Saturday, January 26, 2013

Turn ON/OFF Num Lock on Startup

Turn ON/OFF Num Lock on Startup

This tip modifies the Windows Registry. So be aware and careful when following the steps. Damage the Windows Registry might damage your Windows.

1. Open the "Registry Editor" ("Start" >> "Run", then type regedit" and Enter).

2. Expand to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\

3. Within the keyboard folder, you should have a string value named "InitialKeyboardIndicators" with a value of 0, 1, or 2.

4. Double-click on this string value "InitialKeyboardIndicators" and edit the value to what you want. Below is the explaination of the values:
0: Num Lock is turned OFF on startup
1: Disable Num Lock
2: Num Lock is turned ON on startup

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