{"id":62776,"date":"2024-02-17T17:52:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T16:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/62776\/activate-num-key-numlock-permanently\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T17:59:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T16:59:32","slug":"activate-num-key-numlock-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/62776\/activate-num-key-numlock-permanently\/","title":{"rendered":"Activate Num key (NumLock) permanently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I work quite a lot with numbers and am involved in typing numbers, I have always attached great importance to my keyboard having its own number pad. This was also activated by default.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/62776\/activate-num-key-numlock-permanently\/#Num_key_deactivates_itself\" >Num key deactivates itself<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/62776\/activate-num-key-numlock-permanently\/#Solution_Switch_on_Num_key_NumLock_permanently_via_registry\" >Solution: Switch on Num key (NumLock) permanently via registry<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/62776\/activate-num-key-numlock-permanently\/#Registry_key_InitialKeyboardIndicators\" >Registry key: InitialKeyboardIndicators<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/62776\/activate-num-key-numlock-permanently\/#Call_up_registry_and_reset_value\" >Call up registry and reset value<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Num_key_deactivates_itself\"><\/span>Num key deactivates itself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, however, I have recently noticed that the behaviour of the number pad is no longer the same. Normally, the numpad is activated or deactivated manually via the Num key, also known as NumLock. And when it is activated, a small LED lights up on the NumLock key itself or on a corresponding symbol.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62739\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62739 size-full\" title=\"Activate Num key permanently\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/numlock-aktiviert.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of keyboard with NumLock activated\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/numlock-aktiviert.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/numlock-aktiviert-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Number pad is activated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recently, the activation has been very sporadic and also seems to depend on the program. Basically, the NumLock key seems to be deactivated. If I then open a program, for example Excel, to type in some numbers, I activate the Numpad via NumLock and start typing. If I then close the program or open this or another program again, the number pad is deactivated again. The stupid thing is that in my case, the arrow keys are then active, and the program does something but not what it should.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say exactly when this behavior started, but I suspect that it occurred with a Windows update.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solution_Switch_on_Num_key_NumLock_permanently_via_registry\"><\/span>Solution: Switch on Num key (NumLock) permanently via registry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Registry_key_InitialKeyboardIndicators\"><\/span>Registry key: InitialKeyboardIndicators<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As is so often the case in the Windows world, such settings are made via the <em>Registry<\/em>. There is the key <em>InitialKeyboardIndicators<\/em>. This can be used to control the behaviour of the Numpad or NumLock when Windows is started. In principle, the key can have three values that are relevant for the start-up behaviour of the numeric keypad. The value is of data type REG_SZ, which unexpectedly stands for a character string in Unicode format, although the entry is a digit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Value <strong>0<\/strong>: NumLock button remains switched off after start (default)<\/li>\n<li>Value <strong>1<\/strong>: Num key switched off<\/li>\n<li>Value <strong>2<\/strong>: Num key is activated after Windows startup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Call_up_registry_and_reset_value\"><\/span>Call up registry and reset value<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>First call up the <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/51362\/activate-deactivate-windows-quick-start-via-registry\/\" title=\"Activate \/ deactivate Windows Quick Start via Registry\">registry via<\/a> the Run dialogue. To do this, use the shortcut <strong>Win+R<\/strong> and then type &#8220;<strong>regedit<\/strong>&#8220;. Then click <strong>Enter or OK<\/strong>. Alternatively, you can also search for &#8220;<strong>Registry Editor<\/strong>&#8221; in the Windows input field.<br \/>\nConfirm the following warning message from the user account control with &#8220;<em>Yes<\/em>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62744\" style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62744\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/open-registry.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot Opening the registry via key combination\" width=\"411\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/open-registry.jpg 411w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/open-registry-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press the Win key and R simultaneously and type &#8220;regedit&#8221; in the Run dialog box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Next, search <a href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/53877\/disable-windows-print-key-for-snipping-tool\/\" title=\"Disable Windows Print Key for Snipping Tool\">for the key<\/a> <em>InitalKeyboardIndicators<\/em> in the registry under<em> HKEY_USERS<\/em> under the <em>.DEFAULT<\/em> user. To do this, use the build structure or enter the following path at the top:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>Computer\\HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Control Panel\\Keyboard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62756\" style=\"width: 589px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62756\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/path-to-intialkeyboardindicators-in-registry.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the path to the registry key Intialkeyboardindicators\" width=\"589\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/path-to-intialkeyboardindicators-in-registry.jpg 589w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/path-to-intialkeyboardindicators-in-registry-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Path to Intialkeyboardindicators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Then double-click on <em>InitalKeyboardIndicators<\/em> to change the value. Enter the <strong>value &#8220;2&#8221;<\/strong> here. I already had the value 2147483648. You can add 2 to this value and then change the <strong>value to 2147483650<\/strong>. <u>For explanation:<\/u><br \/>\n2147483648 corresponds to binary 100000000000000000000000000000<strong>00<\/strong><br \/>\n2147483650 corresponds to binary 100000000000000000000000000000<strong>10<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you look at the last two digits, then &#8220;00&#8221; corresponds to the decimal value &#8220;0&#8221; and &#8220;10&#8221; to the decimal value &#8220;2&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62764\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62764\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/set-new-value-to-activate-numpad.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot Set registry value to 2147483650 or 2\" width=\"394\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/set-new-value-to-activate-numpad.jpg 394w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/set-new-value-to-activate-numpad-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Change value to 2 or 2147483650 (plus 2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>This alone did not help me. I still had the problem that NumLock deactivated sporadically. To activate it permanently, I had to make the setting for all users and <em>HKEY_USERS<\/em>. There are still many user entries of the type <em>S-1-5-XX<\/em>. These are <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/identity\/ad-ds\/manage\/understand-security-identifiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows security identifiers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62768\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62768\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/changing-value-for-all-user-to-activate-num-key.jpg\" alt=\"Change InitialKeyboardIndicators for all users in the registry\" width=\"429\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/changing-value-for-all-user-to-activate-num-key.jpg 429w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/changing-value-for-all-user-to-activate-num-key-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Repeat registry change for all users<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you have completed all the steps, it is best to restart Windows and check whether NumLock is activated at startup and is also activated in all programs and apps.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I work quite a lot with numbers and am involved in typing numbers, I have always attached great importance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[2754,1558],"class_list":["post-62776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-keyboard-en","tag-windows-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}