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re: Question about 'Force NumLock to Behave'
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 7:20 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by will
(2 messages posted)
These methods are great for ONE individual that logs onto a PC. But fail miserably
in an AD environment where multiple people randomly log onto different machines.
Here's why:
Setting data to 2 under the reg key in the .Default sets the numlock on prior to
logon. Then a NEW user logs in and numlock shuts off. The Current User key is now
a different key than it was before, it's the current user. You can set the reg key
to 2 under HKEY Current User and the next time they log in numlock will be on. But
then user number 3 comes along and logs in for the first time, and low and behold
the numlock shuts off. Again, set the value to 2 under HKEY Current User and the
next time THAT user logs in they will have numlock on. Kind of a crappy solution
when you have hundreds of users.
The scripting method works, however when you're in an environment where that script
will be removed by policy it's not a sure fire solution.
One other option is like the scripting method, only put a REG file with the correct
value in startup.
But here's the only and best way to take care of it for WinXP:
Create a local account and log onto the machine with it. Turn the numlock on (and
make any other profile specific changes) then log off. Log on as the local admin
and copy that newly created local profile to the Default User profile, allowing Everyone
to access it. Now going forward any newly created profile will have Num Lock On.
Of course, you'll need to recreate any exisiting profiles to inherit the new setting....
On Monday, October 15, 2007 at 6:47 am, Random wrote:
>YES, Thank you!! Changing the 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard' from
0
>to 2 worked perfectly for me, now the Numlock is always on from bootup to desktop.
> The numskulls at MS should give their head a shake, there should be a control panel
>setting for this!
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