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Win2000 & NT 4 Disabling Num Lock

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marks70

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I just installed both of these operating systems, and although my Num Lock is turned on during bootup, both Win2000 and NT 4 turn it off when loaded. Is there a setting I can change so that the operating systems don't always turn it off?
 
Just turn it on once win2k boots, and it stays on afterwards even if shutdown or restart again. Well at least on my 2 computers.
 
I found that if I boot into Win2k and then turn on numlock, it remembers the state of it, so after I shut down or reboot, and log back on (with that same profile) it will turn numlock back on, after I logon.
 

sometimes, (in nt4 at least) you have to log out using ctrl+alt+del to make it remember the state.

if that doesnt work, search this forum for a post about this problem from last week, there is a registry key you can change to force it.
 
I use numbers is my password so it drives me nuts... sure it turns Num Lock on AFTER I log in... but I use the number pad TO log in.
 
Also, my BIOS has an option of whether I want NumLock enabled/disabled at bootup. You might check that. Not sure if all BIOS on all boards have that....my CUV4X and my old Intel D815EEA & Abit BX6 Rev. 2 all had it. Just a thought.




pancho
 
Most boards have that, but WinNT, and 2000 ignore that. Even if you set in your bios to turn num-lock on, Windows will then turn it off while booting.
 
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