re: Question about 'Force NumLock to Behave'
Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 1:01 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by JJ
(1 messages posted)
NUMLOCK ON/OFF
Even if your motherboard BIOS Setup doesn't support/include an option to turn off
the annoying NumLock key upon (re)boot, you can still do this by hacking your Windows
95/98/ME Registry.
To have your NumLock key turned ON or OFF upon Windows GUI startup, open Regedit
and go to
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Microsoft Input Devices
Double-click on "Microsoft Input Devices" -> click New -> select Key -> name this
new key "Keyboard" (don't type the quotes) -> highlight "Keyboard" -> right-click
on it -> click New -> select String Value -> type in NumLock -> click OK -> right-click
on NumLock -> click Modify -> type ON to turn the NumLock key on or OFF to turn it
off (case insensitive) -> click OK.
Note that this Registry tweak works mostly with PS/2 and USB keyboards built by Microsoft
(with MS IntelliType software installed), but may or may not work with other (3rd
party) keyboards. :(
You can turn on/off the Caps Lock and/or Scroll Lock keys in a similar manner.
Just add 2 new String Values under the same Registry subkey above and name them "CapsLock"
and "ScrollLock" respectively (no quotes). Then double-click on each of them and
type either ON or OFF.
Now close Regedit and then press F5, after left-clicking your mouse once into an
empty Desktop area, so the changes can take effect without restarting Windows.
If you are using a CONFIG.SYS file (located in C:\ root) to boot up, you can also
turn your NumLock key OFF by adding this line to your CONFIG.SYS (edit it with Notepad/Sysedit
in Windows or EDIT.COM in DOS):
NUMLOCK=OFF
This CONFIG.SYS line turns NumLock back ON:
NUMLOCK=ON
Save your file and reboot.
Both these commands work with ANY keyboard and are case insensitive.
FYI: Open CONFIG.TXT (located in your Windows 9x/ME folder) using Notepad to read
the details about all available CONFIG.SYS commands.
On Thursday, May 9, 2002 at 6:56 pm, Pam Pyatt wrote:
>I have a question about Force
>NumLock to Behave:
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>I would like to know how to change the default setting for NUM LOCK key so it doesn't
>automatically come on when the computer boots. I knew how to turn it off at one
>time, but I have forgotten how and can't figure it out. The previous link I was
>looking at had instructions for every Windows program but ME.
>
>
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