Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

re: Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

Gene Cummins — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:09:56 GMT

From gene.cummins@shiacawn.com:

It didn't work. Running the script did change the registry entry, but the "num lock" still doesn't come on when rebooting.

re: Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

Kevin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:08:47 GMT

As Gene said, it does not work. I ran the script and "nim locks" still isn't enabled

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Kathy Kenison — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:05:17 GMT

I loved it... anything to save me a few steps...

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gloria — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:07:29 GMT

num lock key at logon screen fix it did not work any other suggestion?

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Mark — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:49:15 GMT

This fix worked the first time I ran it from the website to my computer, I then tried to save it and deploy it via gpo, with no luck. Now after changing my regestry settings back to default and running the fix again from the website I get the error "This advertised application will not e installed because it might be unsafe. Contact your administrator to change the installation user interface option of the package to basic. Any Help? I need to apply this fix across my domain!

re: Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

Michael Battaglia — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:51:35 GMT

I ran the program on my Acer Aspire 5735-4624 laptop, running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 and it did nothing for the problem. I cannot set this option in my BIOS as it is not there. Is there another fix as I use numbers on all passwords and keep forgetting to press the numlock key??? My email is above in the url box.

Thanks

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Patrick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:02:02 GMT

It won't work, even if I try to change the key manually in the registry. I got the error : Can not edit the key : Error writing the value's new contents.

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bycohq — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:44:54 GMT

The "fix" made the necessary registery enter, however num lock is still "off"

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Dave — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:55:47 GMT

The fix WORKED for me after apply one extra step. I set "NUM LOCK" to "OFF" in the BIOS as this was reversing the action/setting done by this "fix". Give it a try.

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Rico — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:04:51 GMT

I tried and did not work for me numlock still not on a log on screen. Bummer!!

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cfuller1957 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:10:34 GMT

I tried the FixIt Live and it did not work. Then I went into HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard and found it was set to 2. logged in to all users of my machine and found it was set to 2.

The registry hack is the way I got it to work. Make sure you go to here: HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard

and follow the instructions.

Mine was set correctly before I installed IE8. I also added another user at the same time so I'm not sure which one put it to default, which is 0.

Hope this helps.

cfuller1957

re: Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

Dave — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:04:53 GMT

Same problem as Gene

It didn't work. Running the script did change the registry entry, but the "num lock" still doesn't come on when rebooting.

Does anyone read these posts?

re: Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

Bob — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:16:52 GMT

I finally got it to work.

Put the script in:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Then make sure both:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard and HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard are both set at 2 for InitialKeyboardIndicators.

Restart, set bios to Num Lock OFF. Start Windows.

If you watch your Num Lock Indicator, it will briefly be on at start-up, go out before login, go on for login, go off briefly during loading, then be on again during operation.

re: Enable Num Lock Key at Logon Screen Fix it Live!

Bob — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:21:53 GMT

PS:

Don't put that script in any other user startup folder or add it is a group object login script. Those will defeat the num lock script.