![]() Oct 31, 2012. Before logon, Windows will ignore the BIOS numlock setting for security reasons. In addition, Windows does not use the registry setting for num lock until after login. If you need numlock on before that, see How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP (Article is about Windows XP, but works for. Jul 31, 2010 How can I enable Numlock at computer start using Group Policy at Domain Controller? I have Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 7 workstations. If your Windows account password or user name includes numerals, you might need to frequently use the numeric keypad to enter them. For that you need to enable NumLock, which may not on by default on your Logon screen/Lock screen in Windows 10. In this article, we will see how to enable Num Lock by default. This trick will also work in Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7. RECOMMENDED: Enable NumLock by default in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 This does not require any Registry hacks or changes to system settings. Simply boot to the login screen or the Lock screen and do the following: • On the Logon/Lock screen, press the NumLock key on the keyboard to turn it on. • The Login screen contains a power button in the bottom right corner. Use it to reboot Windows: The next time Windows boots, NumLock will be automatically enabled. If this trick does not work for you for some reason, try the Registry tweak below. It should work in all modern Windows versions including Windows 10 and Windows 8.x. Enable NumLock by default using Registry tweak Here we go. ![]() • Go to the following Registry key: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT Control Panel Keyboard Tip: You can. If you do not have this Registry key, then just create it. • Find the string value called 'InitialKeyboardIndicators'. In Windows 7, set its value data to 2. In Windows 8 and above, set its value to 80000002. A note for Windows 10 users: if your Windows 10 does not save the state of NumLock after the reboot, try to set the value 'InitialKeyboardIndicators' to. This will turn on NumLock on the logon screen starting from the next boot. Bonus tip:Using the InitialKeyboardIndicators parameter, it is possible to control other keys besides NumLock. See the table for its possible values for Windows 7: InitialKeyboardIndicators value Purpose 0 Turn all indicators off (NumLock, CapsLock, ScrollLock) 1 Turn CapsLock on 2 Turn NumLock on 3 Turn CapsLock and NumLock on 4 Turn ScrollLock on 5 Turn CapsLock and ScrollLock on 6 Turn NumLock and ScrollLock on 7 Turn all indicators on (NumLock, CapsLock, ScrollLock) For Windows 8 and above you should try to use values like 800002, i.e. Add 80000000 to Windows 7 value. You can save your time and use Winaero Tweaker instead. It comes with the following feature: You can download it here:. You are here: » » How to enable NumLock on the Logon screen and Lock screen in Windows 10. Yes all those steps you tried and this is not success then only one steps missing. In my case please check following conf. Open CONTROL PANEL 2. From Ease of Access Center menu find the Make the keyboard easier to use 3. Begin of screen you will see Control the mouse with the keyboard. This is mean you control mouse from keyboard. On that time you have chance control from keyboard to mouse arrows of num keypad, that time propose of Num lock key is will change. 1st Home key PgUp cursor arrow etc. 2nd this arrow other key of num keypad is will control mouse 4. Last un check Turn on Mouse Keys then Apply. Like or Dislike: 6 25. ↓ • sludge7051-x I posted this on the Classic Shell Forum. Does this fix it for you? I’m using Classic Shell 4.3.1... I have found that in order for this setting in the Registry to work, which will make NumLock “on”: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT Control Panel Keyboard InitialKeyboardIndicators Default: Change it to: It’s necessary to [un-check] “Enable hybrid shutdown”: Classic Start Menu Settings / Main Menu / [un-check] Enable hybrid shutdown... (Is this primarily for Win 8, which is not used much today? Maybe it should be un-checked by default?) Please see this page for the full story: With this BIOS setting, why isn’t NumLock enabled / “On” when it gets to the Login screen?... Like or Dislike: 0 0. Just tripped across a simple and permanent fix. Sorry I forgot to bookmark the site and so I can’t re-find it. Anyway, start your PC in the normal fashion. When your logon screen appears, tap your numbers lock key to turn it on. At the lower right corner, there is a shutdown button. Shut down right away from there. Now, reboot and your problem should be fixed. Works on Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7. I’ve done 10 cold starts since, and it appears to be permanent. T’care, Mike {;- ) Poorly-rated. Like or Dislike: 4 11. None of the tricks above worked for me in Australia on the new windows 10. The only way I got the number lock to stay active on the lock screen was to use a combination of methods above First – You have to change the and let set the value “InitialKeyboardIndicators” to My PCs original setting was. Second – I performed a shutdown of the PC. Third – I restarted the PC and at the lock screen and my number lock was still not active. Forth – When on the logon screen, I tap your numbers lock key to turn it on then in the lower right corner of the screen I pressed the shutdown button. And complete a shut down right away from there. The next time I turned on the PC the number lock stayed active at the lock screen. Once I did this it has insured the number lock stayed active on the lock screen for last 6 shutdown. Like or Dislike: 26 0. ↓ • Chris Although it’s not mentioned clearly here, the correct method of setting Num Lock to ON is using the Bios settings at system start. Usually you can access the Bios by pressing F8 as soon as the PC is turned on. Look for ‘Boot Settings Configuration’ and set Bootup Num-Lock [ON] then exit the bios saving any changes. Some users may find that this has stopped working under Windows 10 as is my case, I’ve tested the above registry method but that didn’t work and so I’ve just done a restart from the power button on the login screen to test further. So far so good but I haven’t yet done a cold start to see if that works. Another possible reason for this is out of date drivers for your keyboard. I have a Logitech K520 Wireless Combo and have raised this issue with Logitech for further investigation. Like or Dislike: 2 4. ↓ • sludge7051-x I posted this in the Classic Shell Forum. Does it fix it for you? I’m using Classic Shell 4.3.1... I have found that in order for this setting in the Registry to work, which will make NumLock “on”: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT Control Panel Keyboard InitialKeyboardIndicators Default: Change it to: It’s necessary to [un-check] “Enable hybrid shutdown”: Classic Start Menu Settings / Main Menu / [un-check] Enable hybrid shutdown... (Is this primarily for Win 8, which is not used much today? Maybe it should be un-checked by default?) Please see this page for the full story: With this BIOS setting, why isn’t NumLock enabled / “On” when it gets to the Login screen?... Like or Dislike: 0 0. This pattern worked for me with Win10. Makes absolutely no sense but it worked. *** *** *** *** *** Win10: Change the value of Control Panel/Keyboard/InitialKeyboardIndicators to for ALL USERS. Not only for.Default (mine current user was 2). Then SHUTDOWN computer. Turn on computer and wait for login screen (NumLock is still off). Enable NUMLOCK SHUTDOWN computer. Turn on computer. Now I have always numlock enabled on login screen! (value in current user is again 2:-) Crazy. Like or Dislike: 4 0. I was changing the wrong registry key number. Misdirect to change the setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER which by default kept changing back to 2 on Windows 10. THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION This needs to be done under HKEY_USERS and changed the initialkeyboardindicator for ALL users. HKEY_USERS =>.DEFAULT=> Contorl Panel => Keyboard edit the Initial Keyboard Indicator registry file to close registry, shutdown, reboot, at logon screen enable Numlock, proceed straight to the bottom right corner choose shutdown, reboot computer and BOOOOM your Numlock key should be working now. Like or Dislike: 7 1. ↓ • Simon Found a solution which worked beautifully! On windows 10. I first tried to find a num lock option in the bios, none found. (ASUS G53SW) Then tried to reboot from login screen with num lock on to see if the system would remember it, didn’t work. Then tried changing values in the registry: HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT Control Panel Keyboard –> “InitialKeyboardIndicators” changed from default value “214783648” to “214783650”, didn’t work. Changed to “80000002”, didn’t work. Changed to “2”, didn’t work. I reverted it to “214783650”, then for some strange reason i thought that maybe windows tries to activate it, but has trouble communicating with the keyboard controller. Went on my manufacturer’s support site, downloaded the intel chipset driver update utility and problem solved!!! Like or Dislike: 1 0. ↓ • MarkE After having followed the solutions above back in August, the problem was fixed. However, with the recent November update the problem is back again. I checked everything. There was no newer driver, the registry setting was the same. But Microsoft in there great wisdom and knowing everything better had changed the power setting back to Fast StartUp. With that unselected again I can at least get the NumLock to be on when starting up. If MS want users to “enjoy the fast start experience” maybe they should fix the NumLock bug so the BIOS settings are used. Like or Dislike: 2 0. ↓ • GeoffH The clue for me was that in fast startup mode, the machine retains the registry in a hibernation mode when shut down. Every time I changed the registry, then shut down and started up again, the registry values had changed back. The steps I took were 1. Turn off fast startup. Change the registry values as described by many. Ensure that Num Lock is ON (this seemed to be most important!). Shut down completely. Switch the machine on and let it completely boot. Check the registry values. (In my case, they had not altered). Check the status of Num Lock. (In my case, it was now on). Reinstate fast startup. I think the new registry values are now saved when the machine is switched off, and the computer has been started up and switched off many times, each time with the Num Lock ON!! I wonder what Microsoft programmers were thinking when they decided that Num Lock should be off? I imagine that many people like me have the numeric pad for a reason, and wish to use it. The other thing I did was to install TrayStatus, and it works a treat. Hope this helps and works for other frustrated users. Like or Dislike: 0 0. ↓ • GeoffH The actions I wrote about on 27 December are working fine for me. Every time I start the machine, my Num Lock is enabled, just as I require. However, if I leave the machine for some time, letting it go into SLEEP mode, on wake-up, the Num Lock disables! At this stage, I have overcome that problem by going in to the power settings, and changing the time before the computer goes into SLEEP mode to NEVER. The screen still turns off after 5 minutes, but the computer is not asleep. On moving the mouse or touching a key, the screen comes on and the Num Lock is still enabled. I have changed that setting only on the setting for when the computer is on mains, which is how I usually use it. I intend to get hold of a program that will monitor the computer coming out of sleep, and step by step, tell me which programs are active. That will identify the culprit that is turning off the Num Lock when coming out of sleep. If anyone has such a program, please let me know, otherwise, I think I might be able to get one from a colleague. At this stage, I never have to re-enable my Num Lock, and all is good! Hope this helps someone. Like or Dislike: 0 0. ↓ • Hauschild After many days looking for a solution to enable Num Lock on two different keyboards (Dell and Rapoo), adjusting the register, calling Dell, searching in tens of forums, I got a very simple and obvious solution that might also work for many people. Just go to Control Panel – Ease of Access Center – select Keyboard and turn off Use the keyboard as mouse pointer. It seems that on some keyboards the activations of this feature has priority over other settings and even if you set the NumLock on, it does not work. I hope it helps you. Like or Dislike: 0 0. ↓ • Mike Liptak None of the methods listed worked for me but I found one that does work every time. It has to do with the last key hit before the computer shuts down. Here it is: 1. With the number lock key on (light on) shut down the PC. When the light on NumLock key goes out during shut down hit the key again to turn it back on; this will be the last key hit before the PC actually shuts down. You will see the light on the key go out again as the PC shuts down but the next time you turn it on the Num Lock key will be put on as PC boots up. This has worked every time since I tried it. The important thing is to watch the key light go out during shut down and then turn it back on and let PC shut down. Like or Dislike: 0 0. I also need to know how to write a Batch file for Win 10. I have turned on num lock and reboot laptop. Works like twice then quits. I have changed reg from 0 to 2, I have also changed from 0 to. Some how it does not stay. Goes back to 0. I figure if I have the right batch file and put it in the Autoexec.bat file I can have it set each time. The problem is my logon is Xx#xx#xx## the numbers will not enter if numlock is not on. Hard Drive I have an Acer Aspire V 15 Touch, 15.6 Touch Screen, with ten key on the keyboard (Like a Desktop Keyboard) Intel(R) Core i3-500SU (2.0 GHz) 6 GB DDR3 L Memory 1 TB Hard Drive Win 10 installed (not upgraded) Most laptops and Note Books don't have Ten Key, so I see why Numlock is set to off at start-up. Has to be a way to get it to work all the time, even after a Update. Mine will work 6-8 times before it goes back to (0). Has to be a way to tell windows this is a desktop keyboard treat it as so. Or a way to write an Autoexec bat file to tell it to turn it on each time it boots or reboots. I think that is what BobWhetten wants also! All though I want it for 1 machine and he wants it for 37 of them at once. Thanks for your help!!! Froging wrote: The problem is my logon is Xx#xx#xx## the numbers will not enter if numlock is not on. Hard Drive Has to be a way to get it to work all the time, even after a Update. Well, first of all, STOP using the numeric keypad on the right to enter numbers during a logon. It's bad practice - precisely because you cannot be sure on any system that numlock is on by default. Half of the 'my password doesn't work' calls we get are because of this. Use the numbers on the top of the keyboard and the problem goes away - forever. But, if you want numlock on at boot, change the setting in the BIOS. Okay, I know I'm dragging a corpse out of a grave but for those who care; such as me. Spent two days on/off, maybe five hours on this. Neonate at this, but I know the Export of the Registry and the.bat file work for me. The psexec I haven't done in a year and I can't test this. I would advise practice on a small V-network before attempting irl. This is what I worked out. Where I work uses a system of files to create an image from scratch. It doesn't use cloning. So each individual computer is a fresh install and configuration, from automated command files, on a thumb drive. The rest of the programs are pulled down from a server on first login. (Takes an hour.) They asked I write a.bat file to turn on the 10 key, on the new Lenovo t550 laptops, at install. The accountants are cranky when they go to use the 10 key and it doesn't automatically work because Numlock is off. The Bios has no setting to turn it on. AND WE DON'T WANT THEM IN THE REGISTRY! Now this ONLY WORKS AFTER LOGIN! And I still have to figure out how to push it out to the laptops already deployed, after approval. Setup: Create a.txt file with the names of all the systems you wish to deploy to on your network that are list in AD. The name(s) MUST BE EXACT. Save it somewhere easily found. Desktop if nowhere else. This will be used in the psexec push. On a Windows 7 system go to Start > in the search bar type regedit and then click regedit or press enter. Now drill down this path HKEY_USERS>.DEFAULT > Control Panel > Keyboard. You are looking for InitialKeyboardIndicators. Right click on InitialKeyboardIndicators and select modify. Change the to 2. At this point go to File >Export. Choose you Export location. My was to My Documents for easy test purposes and I named it Numlock enabled.reg Now go open Notepad and type this: REGEDIT.EXE /S 'C: path to file goes here My Documents Numlock enabled.reg ' (The /S is for a silent install with no prompts, remove that to test to see if yours works.) Save you file as.bat by giving it a name and the type in '.bat' after. Test: (Go back to regedit, it should still open to the Keyboard location, modify the InitialKeyboardIndicators back to 0.Open your.bat file. The value should update.) Ah! Push it: Pushing it via psexec. I REPEAT It has been a year since I have done this so if an error is here I am sorry but I tried as best I could. TEST THIS BEFORE ACTUAL USE! A test computer or a willing cube mate will be easier to help fix then an entire network. Now open cmd as an Admin. Type in: psexec -u 'administrator username' -p 'password nameOf.txtFileWithComputerNames.txt -s -d cmd.exe /c 'C: Path To Where You Saved The.bat File to batFileName.bat' If you need to look something up concerning psexec try. How-to geek site on psexec. Feel free to laugh at my mistakes, and spice me if it helps. If you move the files remember to correct the path names and try to keep the files together after use for future reference. But really it is better to use the GOP. For that you can.
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