Enable/Disable Numlock at Login or Startup

Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Registry Hacks |

This registry hack controls whether the Numlock option is enabled or disabled when you first login to Windows.

Go to START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. This will open the registry editor.

Find the following registry key:

HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard

Change the value of InitialKeyboardIndicators

Set it to 0 to set NumLock OFF
Set it to 2 to set NumLock ON

Sources for this article are below:

Internet Explorer: Favorites Menu is Missing or Grayed Out (Jun 01, 2008)
Vista: Clock Missing From Notification Area (May 06, 2008)
Vista: Power Icon Missing From Notification Area (May 06, 2008)
XP/Vista: “Lock the taskbar” Option is Grayed Out (Apr 09, 2008)
Recently Used File List is Grayed Out in Word, Excel, Outlook or Publisher (Apr 05, 2008)

Leave a comment