# NT 4.0 question (2nd try)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037 "2001-08-13T15:00:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037/1 "2001-08-13T15:00:14Z")

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I’ll try this again, since my last thread got lost after the big hack.

Does anyone know where to edit the registry in NT 4.0 to have the num lock come on when the PC boots? I already know about the BIOS, and I’ll tell you that NT overrides the BIOS. There is a setting somewhere in the registry; I just can’t remember where.

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**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037/2 "2001-08-13T15:29:24Z")

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[Jamaican Accent]Hey man, you got to Google[/Bad Accent]

[http://www.brillianet.com/computers/drbit/winnt/num-lock/](http://www.brillianet.com/computers/drbit/winnt/num-lock/)

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**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037/3 "2001-08-13T15:30:01Z")

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Try this: change HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Control  
Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators to 2.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037/4 "2001-08-13T15:34:58Z")

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Couldn’t that be set in the BIOS?

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**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nt-4-0-question-2nd-try/76037/5 "2001-08-13T15:37:35Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by adam yax \*  
> \*\*Couldn’t that be set in the BIOS? \*\*

From the OP:  
**I already know about the BIOS, and I’ll tell you that NT overrides the BIOS.**