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tonygold
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hi i have an acer aspire 5536 laptop. it has a numeric keypad. it works fine but every time i boot up i have to activate the number lock feature and i understand it should remain on if the machine was closed down with it on. i understand it can be set to switch on by accessing the bios at start up but i cannot see where this feature might be in there. could anyone please tell me how i can achieve this. many thanks.
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BurrWalnut
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If you don't have a motherboard manual, I suggest you download one for future reference.
Meanwhile, in the BIOS look for a section named Advanced (or similar wording). It will be a Num Lock On/Off toggle that you need to change.
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tonygold
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hi burr walnut there is no 'advanced' tab that i can see in the bios menu at all. there are security tabs etc but nothing that refers to num lock on/off??
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BurrWalnut
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Tony
What I said above still stands!
Have you ‘Googled’ for the manual? In the BIOS, look through all the sections, I was trying to shorten your search by suggesting similar wording to Advanced.
Also, some laptops have a key combination that activates specific operations, e.g. Fn + F(x). Get the technical manual (or similar wording) and it will tell you everything.
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Fusion
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Tony
Try this method:
In the Start Menu type regedit and press Enter. Click on the Continue button in the UAC prompt. In regedit, go to: HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard
In the right pane, right click on InitialKeyboardIndicators and click Modify.
If the number 0 is used, all indicators are off. If number 2 is used, Num Lock is on.
Always make a backup of your registry settings before changing anything.
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