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Win2K and NumLock

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by torque9

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Clients at my site are using IBM T20 Thinkpads that are running Win 2000 Professional. The image that runs on these laptops, when booted up, always activates the number lock.
This has caused problems with clients that are unaware of this and try to enter their network password.
Is there a registry setting or a script that can be edited/made to deactivate the number lock from activating during boot up?

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by fgarber

The Numlock status at startup is usually a function of the system cmos. Enter the cmos setup during boot up and change it to numlock status off. I'm not familiar with thinkpads but on most laptops you press F2 to enter cmos setup. The manual willtell you how to get int to setup mode.

by timber

Knowledgebase article Q154529 tells you how to turn it on I would guess this is your problem I would check the cmos also if this is already set to 0.

To enable NUM LOCK before a user logs on, use the steps below.

Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.

Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.

Hope this helps....

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