Many thanks to Tom for asking, & Darrell for telling us how.
Real Cheers:
Harry Bassler (& many others I'm sure).
-----Original Message-----
From: Darrell Shandrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tom Rash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; JFW Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: num lock off
>Hi,
>
>Yes. You can modify your config.sys file so that numlock is deactivated
>on boot up. Here is a quick way to accomplish the job:
>
>1.
>Press control-escape or the left windows key to open the Start menu.
>2.
>Press r to open the Run... dialog so that you can manually run a program.
>3.
>Type the following command line:
>notepad c:\config.sys
>4.
>Press enter to execute this command line. You now have the notepad text
>editor running, with your config.sys file open and ready to be modified.
>5.
>Press control-end to move to the end of this file.
>6.
>Activate the PC cursor, and press insert-up arrow to read the contents of
>the last line. If JFW says "blank", then you are ready for the next step.
>If it says anything else, press enter to create a blank line. Verify this
>with the insert-up arrow command to read the current line.
>7.
>Type the following:
>numlock=off
>8.
>Now you need to save the changed file and exit notepad. Press alt-f to
>pull down the file menu. Press s to save the file. Then, press alt-f4 to
>close notepad.
>9.
>In order for this change to take effect, the computer needs to be
>restarted.
>10.
>Press control-escape to open the Start menu.
>11.
>Press u to shut down the computer.
>12.
>Press r to select the restart option.
>13.
>Press enter to proceed. The next time your computer boots, you should not
>have to deal with the numlock key.
>
>Regards.
> On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Tom Rash wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to modify the computer so that num lock is off after booting?
>> I'm using Windows 95. Thanks.
>> tom Rash
>> Yucaipa, California
>>
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