Registry problem
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From: JT on 12 Feb 2010 16:41 I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the number lock is always on as below. I find now since the reinstall the registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a suggestion? thanks HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard >InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 > >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard >InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 12 Feb 2010 17:11 "JT" <grouch_45(a)hotmail.com> said this in news item news:bWjdn.119121$fu3.43378(a)newsfe12.iad... > I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the > number lock is always on as below. I find now since the reinstall the > registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a > suggestion? > > thanks > > HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard >>InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 >> >>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard >>InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 > > What "reinstall" are you referring to?
From: Paddy on 12 Feb 2010 17:41 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:41:27 -0600, just as I was about to take a herb, "JT" <grouch_45(a)hotmail.com> disturbed my reverie and wrote: >I find now since the reinstall the >registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a >suggestion? See if you can set it in the BIOS. I have never had to tweak any windows installation to get NUM LOCK to stay on.
From: Jose on 12 Feb 2010 18:53 On Feb 12, 4:41 pm, "JT" <grouch...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the > number lock is always on as below. I find now since the reinstall the > registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a > suggestion? > > thanks > > HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard > > > > >InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 > > >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard > >InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 There may not be a way to set it in every BIOS. The BIOS settings will get overridden first by XP, then by the user profile when it the user logs in. The XP default is all indicators off. Let's say you could not change it in the BIOS - what would you do? XP remembers (possibly changes) the setting when a user logs off or the system is shutdown and applies it again when the user logs in. Now you know one thing that is happening when XP says "Saving your settings...". This is why the BIOS setting may appear "not to work" or the keys seem to keep changing. They are behaving as designed. You will have the same settings when you login that you had when you logged out or shutdown. If you need to have the Num Lock key on before you login, change the Windows default. Read this article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314879 Each user has their own setting in their profile. You can adjust the default setting for each newly created user profile or for an individual profile by adjusting the value of: InitialKeyboardIndicators For the current user the location for InitialKeyboardIndicators is: HKCU\CONTROL PANEL\KEYBOARD Here are all the values for InitialKeyboardIndicators: * 0 - all indicators off * 1 - Caps Lock on * 2 - Num Lock on * 4 - Scroll Lock on Or, combine them by adding the values to some other number: * 3 - Caps Lock and Num Lock on * 5 - Caps Lock and Scroll Lock on * 6 - Num Lock and Scroll Lock on * 7 - Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock on For all (new) users, the location for InitialKeyboardIndicators is: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\CONTROL PANEL\KEYBOARD If the InitialKeyboardIndicators key does not exist, create it.
From: Elmo on 12 Feb 2010 23:59
JT wrote: > I recently had to reinstall xp and always change the registry so that the > number lock is always on as below. I find now since the reinstall the > registry won't keep the changes for HKEY_USERS, does anyone have a > suggestion? > > Thanks > > HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard >> InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 >> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard >> InitialKeyboardIndicators = 0 http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings -- Joe =o) |