Re: Numlock on at Boot - wont switch off.

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Another choice.

Go into the BIOS (usually it's the DEL key during bootup) and you can turn
the Number Lock off.


--
Don
Vancouver, USA


"Don Schmidt" <RetiredEngineer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:119bntv80b12b5a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I meant to change the word "on" to "off" (sans quotes)
>
>
> --
> Don
> "Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps."
>
>
>
> "Don Schmidt" <RetiredEngineer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:119bn99vdnp502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> This is from my 98 days. It may work.
>>
>>
>> Found this along the way:
>>
>> Start
>> Run
>> REGEDIT
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>> Control Panel
>> Keyboard
>> Right click on Keyboard, select New String Value
>> Enter NumLock enter to save,
>> Double Left click on NumLock and enter ON
>> save with OK
>> Reboot and you're done.
>>
>> This works for me.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don
>> Vancouver, USA
>>
>>
>> "M_Hood" <MHood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1600B6F7-7436-4AED-B293-AE6FBCB997A1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi, I have recently upgraded several Samsung V20 laptops to XP SP2. This
>>> is
>>> working fine except at initial startup when the user is prompted to
>>> press
>>> CTRL ALT DEL to log in, the num lock is staying permanently on. I have
>>> went
>>> through the BIOS and ensured this is set to OFF, however it still stays
>>> on!!
>>> I have searched the Samsung website for updated BIOS but nothing
>>> available.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to curb this through a setting in Windows itself??
>>>
>>> Any advice appreciated as the staff are getting restless even though its
>>> not
>>> exactly a hardship to press the Num Lock key before logging in !!
>>
>>
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>


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