There is not an option in the Windows control panel to make the NUM LOCK key not activate at startup,
you will need to go under the hood for a few seconds and do some registry editing.
Open regedit by going to the Start Menu, clicking Run, and then typing in regedit.
Browse to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard
Modify the string called InitialKeyboardIndicators, change it from 2 to 0.
Close the editor, and you’re done.
Making sure that the NUM LOCK key doesn’t enable itself at startup is.
Registry Hack of the Day #1 for Windows XP
There are some devices that do not appear when you access the Device Manager (Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager), if you don’t want Windows restricting what you see, you will want to implement this simple registry hack.
- Open Regedit
- Browse to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSet\
Control\
Session Manager\
Environment
- Once you’ve browsed through all those keys, you will need to create a string value called DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES
- Give it a value of 1
Note: You should always backup your registry before making any modifications to it. Failure to do so can result in unpleasantness.
