{"id":1042,"date":"2017-10-02T09:08:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T17:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busix.com\/docs\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2021-07-28T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:09:12","slug":"numlock-on-login-with-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/busix.com\/docs\/numlock-on-login-with-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"NUMLOCK on login with Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For those of us that have been working with computers for a number of years (or decades *cough*) it’s been relatively easy to have your NUMLOCK stay on when you boot.  Most computers have it on by default, and others can be changed with a quick BIOS change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not so easy in Windows 10, but it is possible.  It will require editing the registry, which sounds worse than it is.  I don’t know why the BIOS NUMLOCK isn’t recognized by Windows 10, but that’s a philosophical question.  It’s three easy steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Open Regedit as an Administrator.<\/li>
  2. Navigate down to HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Control Panel\\Keyboard<\/li>
  3. Double-click InitialKeyboardIndicators and set the value to 2147483650.\u00a0 In the screenshot, the value ends in 48, but that’s because it’s my laptop with the NUMPAD sharing space with U<\/kbd> through P<\/kbd>, J<\/kbd> through ;<\/kbd>, and M<\/kbd> through \/<\/kbd>, which would make working with my laptop a bit of a nightmare.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"NUMLOCK
    Where to edit NUMLOCK to stay on at boot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    In case you’re wondering why this<\/em> value, it makes sense in binary (i.e. to a computer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483648 converts to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483650 converts to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    and the second LSB (Least Significant Bit) is the flag for NUMLOCK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you want to keep CAPSLOCK on at boot, that’s the LSB and the 3rd LSB is for SCROLL LOCK. I don’t know what the other values are, but I assume that’s it’s for additional features and a dash of malicious compliance.  I’m going to go on a limb and say maybe a 32-bit value for 3 bits of flag is excessive, but MS knows a lot more than I do.  Nevertheless, here are the other values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483649 for CAPS LOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483650for NUMLOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483651 for NUMLOCK + CAPS LOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483652 for SCROLL LOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483653 for SCROLL LOCK + CAPS LOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483654 for SCROLL LOCK + NUMLOCK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2147483655 for SCROLL LOCK + NUMLOCK + CAPS LOCK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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