Turn ON/OFF Num Lock on Startup

This article will guide to some steps to modify your Windows Registry. Stop if you're not familiar with the Windows Registry. Making a wrong change on the Windows Registry could cause critical problems to your computer.

Proceed at your own risks

This tip modifies the Windows Registry. So be aware and careful when following the steps. Damage the Windows Registry might damage your Windows.

Open the "Registry Editor" ("Start" >> "Run", then type "regedit" and Enter).

Expand to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\

Within the keyboard folder, you should have a string value named "InitialKeyboardIndicators" with a value of

0, 1, or 2.

Double-click on this string value "InitialKeyboardIndicators" and edit the value to what you want. Below is
the explaination of the values:
0: Num Lock is turned OFF on startup
1: Disable Num Lock
2: Num Lock is turned ON on startup