I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts down,
or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I upgraded
to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like this, or
should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?

Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give Gateway
support a call if it isn't there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
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>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts down,
>or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I upgraded
>to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like this, or
>should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
>

Unfortunatley that's the first place I checked, but no dice. This is the
second time I've seen this on these tablets, unfortunately the first time
the Tablet was so inundated with spyware I just slicked it and started from
scratch with sp2 already installed. Oh well, guess I'll have to call
Gateway. Thanks for the help though.
"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
news:%23mwlQy7iFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give
> Gateway support a call if it isn't there.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
> news:u3lbtP7iFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts down,
>>or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I
>>upgraded to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like
>>this, or should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
>>
>
>

Gateway support may have the reason the numlock is being activated or
deactivated, and probably can give you the proper remedy by identifying one
of their programs or hardware which is invoking the action. I'd sure be
interested in what is causing it.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
news:%23cdicH8iFHA.2484@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunatley that's the first place I checked, but no dice. This is the
> second time I've seen this on these tablets, unfortunately the first time
> the Tablet was so inundated with spyware I just slicked it and started
> from scratch with sp2 already installed. Oh well, guess I'll have to call
> Gateway. Thanks for the help though.
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mwlQy7iFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give
>> Gateway support a call if it isn't there.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
>> news:u3lbtP7iFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts
>>>down, or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I
>>>upgraded to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like
>>>this, or should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Do you use remote desktop to log into the Tablet PC? Or an external
keyboard?

I believe Windows will remember the status of the numlock key if the BIOS
does not override it. For example, if I connect to my Tablet PC using remote
desktop and then disconnect the remote desktop session, the numlock state
will be turned on.

Come to think of it though, I can't remember if it will stay on between
reboots.

--
Josh Einstein
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook 2.0 - Try it free for 14 days
www.tabletoutlook.com

"Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
news:%23cdicH8iFHA.2484@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Unfortunatley that's the first place I checked, but no dice. This is the
> second time I've seen this on these tablets, unfortunately the first time
> the Tablet was so inundated with spyware I just slicked it and started
> from scratch with sp2 already installed. Oh well, guess I'll have to call
> Gateway. Thanks for the help though.
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mwlQy7iFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give
>> Gateway support a call if it isn't there.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
>> news:u3lbtP7iFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts
>>>down, or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I
>>>upgraded to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like
>>>this, or should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Try one of the suggestions found by googling "numlock registry" to set the
numlock value at start up, or use event viewer to check which application is
changing it at startup.

"Nathan Weldon" wrote:

> Unfortunatley that's the first place I checked, but no dice. This is the
> second time I've seen this on these tablets, unfortunately the first time
> the Tablet was so inundated with spyware I just slicked it and started from
> scratch with sp2 already installed. Oh well, guess I'll have to call
> Gateway. Thanks for the help though.
> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mwlQy7iFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give
> > Gateway support a call if it isn't there.
> > --
> > Chris H.
> > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> > Associate Expert
> > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >
> >
> > "Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
> > news:u3lbtP7iFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts down,
> >>or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I
> >>upgraded to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like
> >>this, or should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

On 7/18/2005 12:55:17 PM, "Nathan Weldon" wrote:
>Unfortunatley that's the first place I checked, but no dice. This is the
>second time I've seen this on these tablets, unfortunately the first time
>the Tablet was so inundated with spyware I just slicked it and started from
>scratch with sp2 already installed. Oh well, guess I'll have to call
>Gateway. Thanks for the help though.
>"Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
>news:%23mwlQy7iFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give
>> Gateway support a call if it isn't there.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
>> news:u3lbtP7iFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts down,
>>>or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I
>>>upgraded to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything like
>>>this, or should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Try adding this entry to the registry:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard]
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="0"



You can copy / paste the above into a text file and call it something like
"numlockoff.reg"

When you double click it then it will ask you to verify if you want to import
it into the registry.

the number 0 means off, the number 2 means on.


This entry above is "global" - you can do per user by doing the same thing
at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard


Hope this helps.


--
John D [MVP - Tablet PC]

That one did it. Sure enough the key:
HKEY_USERS\.default\control panel\keyboard InitialKeyboardIndicators was set
to 2 instead of 0.
Not sure why a security update would change this but I've certainly seen
stranger things.
"Mike Williams" <MikeWilliams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BBD05B35-B91F-4A3F-9A5E-CF8BB5650FEC@microsoft.com...
> Try one of the suggestions found by googling "numlock registry" to set the
> numlock value at start up, or use event viewer to check which application
> is
> changing it at startup.
>
> "Nathan Weldon" wrote:
>
>> Unfortunatley that's the first place I checked, but no dice. This is the
>> second time I've seen this on these tablets, unfortunately the first time
>> the Tablet was so inundated with spyware I just slicked it and started
>> from
>> scratch with sp2 already installed. Oh well, guess I'll have to call
>> Gateway. Thanks for the help though.
>> "Chris H." <winxpnews********.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23mwlQy7iFHA.3064@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > Sounds like a setting in the BIOS, Nathan, but you may want to give
>> > Gateway support a call if it isn't there.
>> > --
>> > Chris H.
>> > Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> > Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> > Associate Expert
>> > Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >
>> >
>> > "Nathan Weldon" <nweldon@usaarchitects.com> wrote in message
>> > news:u3lbtP7iFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >>I recently updated a users's Gateway Tablet, now when the user shuts
>> >>down,
>> >>or starts up, windows turns on the pad lock for the number keys. I
>> >>upgraded to sp2 to try and fix, but no luck. Anyone know of anything
>> >>like
>> >>this, or should I be contacting Gateway about this particular issue?
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>