Good morning-
We
have some end users here in Fort Dodge that always
complain when their “Num Lock” key doesn’t stay on when they
login to an XP machine. Well, low
and behold in one of the e-mail rags I get every so often, they had the script
to change that setting. I plan on
adding this to our script that installs all of the printers on login to
hopefully make the end users a little happier. It won’t take our users long to
find something else they don’t like!!! Anyway, I thought I would share.
By the way, Lance, this won’t
work your “fruit” machines!!!
Jeremy
Can I Make NumLock Default to
"On?"
Question: Is there a way to make the
Numbers Lock (NumLock) be on by default when I log
onto my XP computer? I'd really appreciate your help on this. - Jonas M.
Answer: Yes, you can do this by creating
a script to change the default NumLock state, and
then running the script from the Startup folder. This will set NumLock to "on" for your user profile. Here's how
to do it:
- Open Notepad or another text
editor, and type (or copy and paste) the following text into a new
document:
set WshShell = CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "(NUMLOCK)"
- Save the file, naming it
"numlock.vbs" and this
time, include the quotation marks when you type the name so the file will have
the .vbs extension instead of the default .txt
extension (you'll know you did it right if the icon for the document
changes from the text icon to a script icon).
- Now copy the numlock.vbs file to your Startup folder, or if you
want NumLock to be on for all users, copy it to
the Startup folder in the All Users profile. The profiles are found in the
Documents and Settings folder.
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Jeremy Pearson
Network Administrator / Computer Technician
Fort Dodge Community School District
104 South 17th
Street
Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
http://www.fort-dodge.k12.ia.us
(515)574-5676 voice
(515)574-5324 fax
