Windows 10: Numlock defaults to off

Running new Windows 10 Home 64 bit PC for but a few days I have been irritated that as it has booted I always have to switch numlock on. 100% of boot occasions, numlock is turned off. Can anyone tell me where I can configure the machine to stop it doing this?

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Thank you. Setting up a new pin was successful but I realized it was a 2 part problem.

After resetting PIN, I could select PIN as login option but keyboard number pad did not respond. I noticed NumLock was OFF.

To fix this, I went into to registry and told it yet again to make NumLock ON my default keyboard setting on boot up.

When I installed Windows 10 (over Window 8) NumLock defaulted to OFF.

I changed it in the registry and NumLock stayed defaulting to ON.

However, after this update, it was back again to NumLock OFF. This needs to be addressed by developers.

 

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Is the light supposed to be on or off when giving a password?

 

To enable NUM LOCK before a user logs on, follow these steps:

• Run Registry Editor.
• Move to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard
  .
• Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.

Source: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

 

WOW that was quick. Many thanks.

 

this doesn't work when starting from a cold boot... only from a restart

 

Doesn't it? I'm sure it does with me. I'll have to check.

 

I just checked. Numlock is on through a restart, but from a cold boot, Numlock is *not* on by default.
IMO, not a huge deal, but there it is...
I did the reg. fix you posted earlier, BTW...

Joe

 

This solution below works from a cold boot. I've used it on a large number of PCs and always works. I've used it for devices at work, home and for friends.

Num Lock key on at boot

Sometimes it is not necessary to untick (disable) fast start-up. It just appears to make this solution more universal (although I don't know why)

80000002 can also work in place of 2147483650 as it is the hexadecimal equivalent.

 

This is the fix which just worked for me:

Num Lock - Enable or Disable on Sign-in Screen in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

• Turn off fast start-up (if not already off)
• Run REGEDIT and go to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard
• Change the value of InitialKeyboardIndicators to 2147483650
• Reboot & turn on fast start up (if you want it)

 

This issue reappeared after the Anniversary Update and the fix at Post 8 worked.

 

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