Enabling the [NumLock] key (Windows NT)

By default, Windows NT doesn't enablë the [NumLock] key when you first log on to a Windows NT-based computer. Even if you turn on [NumLock], Windows NT turns it off again whenever you log off, unless you're a member of Administrators. For users who aren't administrators, this can be an inconvenience. You can make the [NumLock] key stay on for non-administrative users by editing the Registry. Note that you must either log on as the user or have the user log on and edit their Registry remotely. To turn on the [NumLock] key, set the following Registry value to 2:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

By default, Windows NT sets the InitialKeyboardIndicators value to 0 (which turns the [NumLock] key off). You can turn on the [NumLock] key in the default profile so that all new users who log on to a computer have [NumLock] enabled by setting the following Registry value to 2:

    HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators