Numlock automatically turns on windows 10. Turn on Num Lock when Windows boots. Enabling before booting the system

Good afternoon, dear readers and guests of the blog, what do you think, do all people who use a computer in everyday life know all the keys on the keyboard? I think not everyone, otherwise there would not be such situations when a person tries to type text on a laptop , and for him numbers are printed instead of letters, and for the other, on the contrary, when trying to type numbers, nothing is printed at all, today we will look at all such situations and also figure out how to enable Num Lock when loading Windows 10. All instructions are suitable for previous versions of operating systems , just the newest ten.

Numbers are printed instead of letters - how to fix

Let's look at first, the most common situation, when numbers are printed instead of letters on a computer or laptop, I myself have seen this situation more than once and sometimes it even amused me, seeing how your not-so-favorite employee is trying to type text, but in its place he has a code from the numbers, you, as an admin, knowing what’s going on, shrug your shoulders and say that Windows is probably buggy with the processor (while freaking out). Okay, jokes aside, there’s actually nothing wrong with it. This behavior of the keyboard can very often be found on laptops or netbooks that do not have their own additional area for quick dialing of numbers; on a regular keyboard it is located on the right, for example IBM or HP laptops.

Here is an example of a keyboard where there is no right side with a separate set of numbers, and almost every key has an additional function in the upper right corner. For example, the keys J, K, L have second values 1,2,3. To activate their dialing there is a special key Num Lock (num lk). When you turn on the Num Lock key, instead of the usual symbols on the keyboard buttons, you will have additional ones printed, hence the situation that.

Most likely, you turned on Num Lock mode by accident; most often on laptops, Num Lock mode is turned on by pressing the key combination Fn + F11 or Fn + Num Lock, if it is a separate key, then simply by pressing it

There are also cases when numbers are printed on a computer instead of letters, this is due to a special program with the help of which the keys were reassigned, for example, I saw programs for linguists that turned an ordinary Russian keyboard into another language.

What is the num lock key

To summarize, num lock is a special key with which, on a computer with the Windows operating system, a special function for typing additional characters is activated, this was done in order to save space on the keyboard and expand its functionality, most often this is used in laptops where manufacturers they try to reduce the size of the device as much as possible, but within reasonable limits, by eliminating a certain number of keys and replacing them with additional symbols on other buttons.

Below I will give you three examples of how and where the num lock key is located on different keyboards. The first is a standard computer keyboard; it has an additional numeric field on the right and a num lock above it. It also has a special num lock indicator, if it is not lit, it means it is turned off, by default it is, there are cases that it is convenient when it works with the system, below I will show how to enable Num Lock when loading Windows 10.

Well, a keyboard without an additional right area in which num lk is already the sovereign owner, having many keys with its functions, pay attention to the arrows for example, they can also perform functions:

Num Lock when booting Windows 10

And so, I told you what num lock does, now let’s imagine a situation where you want this mode to be turned on automatically when you boot Windows 10, for human convenience or vice versa for inconvenience. This is done very simply, as you probably know, all Windows 10 settings are in the registry, for those who don’t know what the registry is, please follow the link. Press the Win+R key combination and enter regerit.

Go to section

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

You need to create a new string parameter called InitialKeyboardIndicators and give it a value 80000002 , if this value does not work, then try value 2, especially relevant for Windows 7. This is all done via right click.

To edit a registry key, double-click on it.

There is another method that allows you to enable Num Lock when loading Windows 10, but it does not always work, as some people do not have a password on their computer and the required screen does not appear. And so when your computer boots, then on the Windows 10 login screen, press Num Lock and reboot the system through the icon in the corner. After which the next time the mode should be activated.

I almost forgot, you can also check whether you have the Num Lock setting in the BIOS. In BIOS, check the BootUp NumLock Status - Enable\Disable option

I hope this article helped you deal with the situation when numbers are printed on the laptop keyboard instead of letters and the right numeric pad does not work, if you have any questions, I’m waiting for them in the comments.

First, open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard branch. Double-click on the "InitialKeyboardIndicators" value and change it to "2".

Now expand the “HKEY_USERS” directory. Repeat the above process several times, changing the value of InitialKeyboardIndicators in each folder from the HKEY_USERS directory.

Start at HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard and change the InitialKeyboardIndicators value to 2. Then repeat the process for the folder below the .DEFAULT folder. Its name begins with "S-".

Continue working with the remaining folders in HKEY_USERS, changing the value of the Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators parameter in each of them.

Second step: Use this trick (or disable Fast Startup)

After finishing working with the registry, all you have to do is restart your computer and Windows 10 should automatically enable Num Lock. But it doesn't work that simple. The Fast Startup feature, also known as hybrid boot, will ignore our settings and Windows will continue to start with Num Lock disabled.

We found two ways to solve this problem. Of course, you can simply turn off Fast Startup, but we've discovered another option that allows you to keep the benefits of hybrid boot.

After running the .reg file, turn off your computer. Do not reboot it, but select the “Stop working” option.

Turn your computer back on. When you get to the login screen, press the Num Lock key once to turn it on. Do not log into your account. On the login screen, find the shutdown button and select Shut Down, turning off your computer once again.

The next time you turn on, you will see that Num Lock is already enabled on the login screen. It looks like our actions caused the Quick Start feature to automatically turn on Num Lock every time you boot. Yes, it's a weird trick, but it works!

In addition, you can disable the Fast Startup feature after making changes to the registry. If the above trick did not help you, try the option of disabling fast startup.

To do this, open Control Panel, go to Hardware and Sound, Power Options, and then click on What the Power Buttons Do. Click the "Change unavailable settings" link at the top of the window, scroll down the list of options, and uncheck the "Enable fast startup (recommended)" option. Click "Save Changes".

After this, your computer will boot a little slower. If your system is installed on an SSD drive, the boot time will only increase by a few seconds. But Num Lock will turn on automatically every time.

Ideally, Windows should provide an option to automatically activate Num Lock by default. Well, for now, we will have to use workarounds to perform this, in general, simple action.

To configure whether NumLock mode is enabled or disabled after boot the operating system, edit the following value in the registry:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard

InitialKeyboardIndicators:DWORD = 2- NumLock is enabled.
InitialKeyboardIndicators:DWORD = 0— NumLock is turned off.

To do this, follow these steps:

Step 1. Click Start and select Execute(or just click Win+R) :

Step 2. In the window Starting the program in field Open enter regedit and press OK:

Step 3. Open the registry key HKEY_USERS => .DEFAULT => Control Panel =>Keyboard. Right click on the parameter InitialKeyboardIndicators and select Change :

Step 4. Instead of the value “0” enter the value “2” and press OK:

It should look like this:

Close Registry Editor.

How to enable or disable NumLock in BIOS

This setting affects whether the namlock will be enabled when the computer starts.

Enter BIOS. Find the option Bootup Num-Lock and set the desired value:

Most often this option is found in the section Boot.

Many users are unable to enter it using the numeric keypad. The thing is that in Windows 10 the NumLock button is turned off by default, and after turning it on, it turns off again after restarting the system. The lack of a NumLock indicator on some keyboards sometimes adds to the confusion. Let's try to solve this problem.

Set NumLock to On by Default

The situation can be corrected using two methods:

1. Before loading the OS

When the welcome screen appears, turn on Numlock and immediately reboot (without logging in).

Unfortunately, this method may not work on some computers.

2. Registry tweak

You can enable NumLock before starting the OS using a small system edit. Launch the registry editor (Win-R + regedit) and look for the following branch:
HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Keyboard
If section Keyboard is missing, we create it manually. Inside it we create a new parameter (string), give it a name InitialKeyboardIndicators and set the value 80000002 .

Entering a password when logging into the system, mailbox, or social network account is accompanied by the use of numeric keys. They are located both at the top of the keyboard and as a separate number pad. The Num Lock key is responsible for activating the latter. However, in Windows 10, when the system boots, it is not active and it is impossible to use the number pad. To correct this situation, you should use the following methods.

Enable Num Lock by default in Windows 10

To be able to use numbers from the right numeric pad on the keyboard when loading Windows 10, you should perform a registry tweak. To do this, perform the following steps:

Press “Win+R” and enter “regedit”.

The editor will open. Go to the registry branch “HKEY_USERS”, “.DEFAULT”, “Control Panel”, “Keyboard”. Here you need to find and edit the “InitialKeyboardIndicators” parameter, setting it to the value “80000002”.

To do this, double-click the parameter and enter “80000002”. If Num Lock does not start working, you need to repeat all the steps and enter the value “2”.

You can also try clicking “Restart” while Windows 10 is loading and clicking “Numlock” until the logo appears.

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