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How do you turn off the Num Lock key?

Anonymous
2010-05-05T05:47:45+00:00

Yes I have googled this! I have spent two hours googling this!

I have followed instructions on editing my registry and changing BIOS settings. I have come to the conclusion that these solutions only change the starting setting for Num Lock. But I want Num Lock completely disabled. When I press Num Lock I dont want anything to happen! I dont want the 6 key on the num pad to point right.... I dont want the toggle!

What do I do?

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-05-05T10:36:13+00:00

    Hi neverendingnoise,

    You might have tried this before, but here's how to disable it through the registry:

    1. Click Start, click Run, and type regedit to open the Windows registry editor.
    2. In the registry, open the below folders.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\

    Control Panel\

    Keyboard
    3. Within the keyboard folder, you should have a string value named "InitialKeyboardIndicators" with a value of 0, 1, or 2. Below is the explanation of each of these values.

    0 = Num Lock is turned OFF after the logon.

    1 = Disable Num Lock.

    2 = Numlock is turned ON after  the logon.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-09-11T14:08:19+00:00

    Does NOT work in windows 8.1

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-05T22:04:08+00:00

    Excellent >)

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-28T20:24:26+00:00

    I have the answer

    just restart your device

    this is for windows 10 HP pavilion

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-13T03:33:26+00:00

    turn off my number locks

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