Well I'll be darned. And all the time I thought my BIOS was setting
numlocks on. It is always on when I boot up and I have my BIOS set to
turn it on. Will have to turn it off and reboot and see what happens.
You all have good info here.
TonySper

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
news:OZCSXKCDGHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
NewGirl wrote:
> I am a new XP Pro user on a Network. How can I get my Numlock to
> stay on? I
> want to be able to shut down my system and start it in the morning
> with the
> Numlock staying active. This is the way I had it set in 2000, but
> since
> being converted to XP I have yet to find the trick to make it stay
> on.
> Thanks for any help you can give.


WinXP, like its predecessors WinNT and Win2K, by design, ignores
the BIOS settings for the NumLock key as a standard security feature.
(I'm afraid I can't remember the "security" issue initially
addressed.)
By default, the NumLock key is turned off as WinXP starts, and keeps
it off until someone logs in and initializes a user profile. WinXP
will
remember the NumLock's last state, meaning that if you log out with
the
NumLock on, it will automatically turn on the next time you log in; If
you log out with the NumLock off, it will be off the next time you log
in.

If one needs the NumLock on _before_ logging in, a registry edit
can be used to change WinXP's default behavior:

How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314879


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