enable numlock – Helpdesk tips

Enable NumLock on login to Windows 10

Open regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard
Change InitialKeyboardIndicators value to 2
Go to HKEY_USERS
Search for InitialKeyboardIndicators under HKEY_USERS and change it to 2
Exit
Shutdown (do not restart)
Boot up windows
On logon screen switch on numLock
Do not login. Shut down windows using power button on login page

Instead of shutdown/wake up/shutdown/wake up process can be disabled Fast startup feature.

Enable NumLock on logon screen

By default, Num Lock is disabled on startup. Many users have numbers in their passwords (usually is requested to have them in password), so it result sometime by locking of account. Continue reading “Enable NumLock on logon screen”