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From: John Tserkezis on 13 Mar 2010 18:50 I need to have the NumLock status turned OFF at startup, or at least logon. Before the suggestions come in, I've done at least some homework, and ask you do not re-suggest the following, because they DON'T work. - I am running Windows 7, so anything that might work on any other OS won't work here. Don't suggest it, I've tried it. - I do NOT have a numlock off option in my BIOS. It doesn't matter anyway, because Win7 will over-ride it anyway. - I've tried the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\ InitialKeyboardIndicators option = 0, that doesn't work. Nor does "numlock"="off" as I don't have intellipoint anyway. - I've tried a utility that changes the BIOS's interpretation of the numlock status (DOS util, works under 98 and lower) and that doesn't work either. - I know Win7 remembers the state of numlock at last logoff, and re-enstates the status at next startup. I'm not interested. I want it forced properly off. This is something that MUST be doable. What have I missed?
From: idgat on 13 Mar 2010 19:06 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:50:07 +1100, John Tserkezis <jt(a)techniciansyndrome.org.invalid> wrote: > I need to have the NumLock status turned OFF at startup, or at least logon. > > Before the suggestions come in, I've done at least some homework, and >ask you do not re-suggest the following, because they DON'T work. > >- I am running Windows 7, so anything that might work on any other OS >won't work here. Don't suggest it, I've tried it. > >- I do NOT have a numlock off option in my BIOS. It doesn't matter >anyway, because Win7 will over-ride it anyway. > >- I've tried the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\ >InitialKeyboardIndicators option = 0, that doesn't work. >Nor does "numlock"="off" as I don't have intellipoint anyway. > >- I've tried a utility that changes the BIOS's interpretation of the >numlock status (DOS util, works under 98 and lower) and that doesn't >work either. > >- I know Win7 remembers the state of numlock at last logoff, and >re-enstates the status at next startup. I'm not interested. I want it >forced properly off. > > > This is something that MUST be doable. What have I missed? I got sick and tired of that completely obselete key CapsLock getting accidently turned on, and stuffing up passwords to the extent that I got locked out of websites because of too many incorrect attempts. It didn't help when passwords are shown as ********, so you don't see whether CapsLock is on or off!! Use a program called AutoHotkey. Runs in the background and you can add scripts that disable keys. -- idgat Compuglobalhypermeganet Inc.
From: John Tserkezis on 13 Mar 2010 22:06 On 14/03/2010 11:43 AM, Andy wrote: >> Use a program called AutoHotkey. Runs in the background and you can >> add scripts that disable keys. How embarrasment. I have AHK installed, and use it on occasion to run pre-supplied scripts. I didn't think it could be the obvious candicate. > Will it start as a 'service' before the login screen appears though? I > think that's what John is after. I'll take what I can get. Something in the Startup folder will do if that's what it takes... Either way, you can make many programs run as a service if configured properly. Thanks guys, now to read through the manual...
From: KnockKnock on 14 Mar 2010 00:22 Paste the folling into a new notepad file set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}" and save A$ numlock.vbs This, when opened will enable/disable numlock "John Tserkezis" <jt(a)techniciansyndrome.org.invalid> wrote in message news:4b9c24af$0$5736$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > I need to have the NumLock status turned OFF at startup, or at least > logon. > > Before the suggestions come in, I've done at least some homework, and > ask you do not re-suggest the following, because they DON'T work. > > - I am running Windows 7, so anything that might work on any other OS > won't work here. Don't suggest it, I've tried it. > > - I do NOT have a numlock off option in my BIOS. It doesn't matter > anyway, because Win7 will over-ride it anyway. > > - I've tried the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\ > InitialKeyboardIndicators option = 0, that doesn't work. > Nor does "numlock"="off" as I don't have intellipoint anyway. > > - I've tried a utility that changes the BIOS's interpretation of the > numlock status (DOS util, works under 98 and lower) and that doesn't > work either. > > - I know Win7 remembers the state of numlock at last logoff, and > re-enstates the status at next startup. I'm not interested. I want it > forced properly off. > > > This is something that MUST be doable. What have I missed?
From: keithr on 14 Mar 2010 04:56
John Tserkezis wrote: > I need to have the NumLock status turned OFF at startup, or at least logon. > > Before the suggestions come in, I've done at least some homework, and > ask you do not re-suggest the following, because they DON'T work. > > - I am running Windows 7, so anything that might work on any other OS > won't work here. Don't suggest it, I've tried it. > > - I do NOT have a numlock off option in my BIOS. It doesn't matter > anyway, because Win7 will over-ride it anyway. > > - I've tried the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\ > InitialKeyboardIndicators option = 0, that doesn't work. > Nor does "numlock"="off" as I don't have intellipoint anyway. > > - I've tried a utility that changes the BIOS's interpretation of the > numlock status (DOS util, works under 98 and lower) and that doesn't > work either. > > - I know Win7 remembers the state of numlock at last logoff, and > re-enstates the status at next startup. I'm not interested. I want it > forced properly off. > > > This is something that MUST be doable. What have I missed? Why not just write a little program that turns it off and make it an automatically started service. |