Num Lock On Startup -

You boot up your PC, sit down, type your PIN to log in, and... nothing happens. Or worse, you start typing letters and get numbers instead (looking at you, laptop users). You glance down. The little green light is off. Again.

There are few things in computing as simultaneously trivial and infuriating as the Num Lock key. num lock on startup

Because manufacturers hide the number pad inside the main keyboard. Look at the keys 7, 8, 9, U, I, O, J, K, L . If Num Lock is , those keys produce 7,8,9,4,5,6,1,2,3 . You boot up your PC, sit down, type your PIN to log in, and

We’ve all been there. But why doesn’t Num Lock just stay on? And more importantly, how do you force your computer to remember your preference once and for all? You glance down

Fast forward 40 years. We now have dedicated arrow keys. But the hardware standard never fully died.