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by m.b.b

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The computer is an IBM Pentium II, 350 mghz.
I removed the the original HD and replaced it with an 80gb Maxtor. Next I formated the new HD and reloaded Windos 98. Everything works great except the keypad on the right side of the keyboard. The bios setting is set to enable num lock at start-up
and after the computer and Windows 98 is started and stablelized the NumLock light is on but the only key that works is the enter key.

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by joseph moore

You can control whether the NumLock key is automatically on or off at logon using the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP registry hack:
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Control Panel\Keyboard
Name: InitialKeyboardIndicators
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0 NumLock disabled for current user after logging on
Value: 2 NumLock enabled and will retain the settings from the last shutdown

by m.b.b

I found the problem. I went to Start/settings/control panel/accessibility options
and clicked mouse tab. Use mouse keys was checked.
I unchecked mouse keys and presto, the key pad works.

by m.b.b

I found the problem. I went to Start/settings/control panel/accessibility options
and clicked mouse tab. Use mouse keys was checked.
I unchecked mouse keys and presto, the key pad works.

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