Shoutbox

When you turn on your PC and you get to the log on screen (XP) how can i make it so when you get there the Num Lock is off, it used to be automatically off but when i turn it on Num Lock comes on automatically.

Any settings change this?

change it in your BIOS to start with...

Also....

On the net you might find some registry settings to turn on/off caps lock, num lock and scoll lock.

However, Windows XP remembers the last state they keys where in, so you can change those registry settings all you want, they'll change upon next boot depending on the state they were in when you close windows down... (or so this should)...

The registry key in question for the default settings (for new users!):
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\
name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
type: REG_SZ
value:
0 - Indicators off
1 - Caps Lock on
2 - Num Lock on
3 - Caps Lock on and Num Lock on
4 - Scroll Lock on
5 - Caps Lock on and Scroll Lock on
6 - Num Lock on and Scroll Lock on
7 - Caps Lock on, Num Lock on, and Scroll Lock on

The registry key for the current logged in user can be found here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard


Now, it is reported that certain Windows OS'es don't use the BIOS settings to start with, this is partly true, but I can't tell you which version does it/doesn't as all the reports say something differently...

Thanks, i changed my setting to 0 and its off Thanks for that Cookie!