Numlock turns off when w7 gets to user login screen. I have to hit the numlock key to turn it back on before login. HK CurrentUser CP Keyboard InitialBoad Registry value is set to 2.
Same issue with a different keyboard. This issue appeared after I reinstalled windows 7. Everything else seems to be normal.
Is there any way to keep numlock on?
Thanks.
Last edited by skunksmash; 16 Dec 2009 at 14:13.
hi ayuppie, welcome to the forums
I take that you have numlock on at startup in your BIOS, right?
yes. Numlock comes on during post and then goes off when windows gets to the user logon screen.
In your BIOS you should be able to set the "num lock" key to stay on. Go into BIOS and find the setting and change it.
Most boards will require you to press "delete" or F1 or some such key to get into BIOS. It should tell you at post what to press. Go into the BIOS and look for Advanced settings. If you cannot find it, you may have to look up your board and see if these's an "unlock" key to unlock hidden settings, but most boards will have the num lock setting right there on one of the pages.
Nate. You were probably posting while I was replying to the previous question. Bios is set to Numlock on and numlock comes on during post, but turns off at the user logon screen.
I just tried somethin that made a difference. I removed my user password and rebooted and numlock remained on. ???? Why does it turn off when there is a password involved???
If it's on in the BIOS, try this.
Turn Numlock on after you've logged in. It should remember this setting when you next shut down. If that doesn't work, try this:
To set Numlock to On or Off before login:
Run regedit "elevated" and navigate to
Run Registry Editor.
Move to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.
Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators to 2.
Maybe that will do it.
Last edited by nate42nd; 15 Dec 2009 at 13:13.
Configuring the Script
To configure a script to change the NUM LOCK state
1,Start Notepad.
2,Copy the following code, and then paste the code into the text file:
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"
Save the file as "numlock.vbs" (including the quotes). This properly creates the file with the .vbs extension.
Copy it to the starup folder
This used to work in XP not sure whether it works 100% with Win 7
Hope that helps
PooMan is the Man. Thanks. That regedit took care of the issue.
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