
In the following steps, you disable a Windows feature called Fast Startup. If the Control Panel \ Keyboard \ InitialKeyboardIndicators entry does not already exist, you do not need to make any changes for that particular user. For each of these, go to their Control Panel \ Keyboard \ InitialKeyboardIndicators value, and change it to 2. In your HKEY_USERS registry folder, you will see other user accounts listed as S-1.
Repeat this process for the other user entries in your registry (unfortunately, you'll have to do it manually for each one). To set Numlock to be on every time you start the computer, double click InitialKeyboardIndicators, change the value data to 2, and click OK. Its value can be either 0 (Numlock is turned off at startup) or 2 (Numlock is turned on at startup). The InitialKeyboardIndicators value defines whether Numlock is turned on when you start the computer. On the right, you will see the registry entry InitialKeyboardIndicators.
In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Keyboard. reg file to reset your registry to the saved state. If you ever need to restore your registry settings, you can double-click this. In the Registry Editor, go to File → Export and save a copy of your registry.Ĭhoose an easy to remember location such as your desktop, and give the file a descriptive name, such as " June 6 registry backup". We strongly recommend you make a backup of your registry before you begin. Be very careful when changing your registry, because an incorrect change might affect other features on your computer.