Windows 10: Number Lock not Working for a Single Key, any Fixes?

Good Morning/Evening, I have encountered a peculiar issue today which I need to remedy. Typing forward slash on my chromebook appears to be impossible as of right now. Now typically all I need to do is activate "Num Lk" and press on "x" in order to get a forward slash. However it seems that despite number lock being active it only types "x" still. I tried on other keys to see if the same issue occurred and they all worked normally. "j" with number lock types 1. "k" typed 2. ";" typed -, etc. It is only with the forward slash that this error occurred. I tried to research possible fixes however

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Number Lock


I have now tried every fix suggested on here from fast boot to reg changes and nothing works , number lock stays off after shutdown .

 

numbers key will not lock on My hp lapto computer

I tried the suggestion, however it did not work on my HP Laptop. I wish it had.

 

Numbers Keys On Numeric Keyboard Not working in Windows 10?

There is too much long complicated fussy information to weed though about this but I managed to take a suggestion from another thread for an HP user and fixed this problem with two keystrokes. I use a new Dell.

Press and hold the FN key then hold down the Numbers Lock key and I got my numbers keys on numeric key pad back working again instantly. I hope you can cut through all the long winded answers and you find this and it works for you as it did for me.

I don't understand why these experts can't find more simpler solutions... Most all the suggestions require many complicated steps and this one is not even suggested that I could find when searching under windows 10... Certainly nothing recent in searches
came up and I searched on and off for two days. Maybe it's not much of a problem anymore?