Regain control of your ‘Num Lock’ key in Windows 10

After upgrading to Windows 10 recently I noticed that my ‘Num Lock’ key had been disabled. This was frustrating because the login password for my PC contains several numbers. Thankfully, I managed to re-enable that key using a simple Registry hack.

On your Desktop, press the Windows key+R to open the Run box, type regedit into the box, press Enter, then click OK to open your Registry Editor. Now navigate to the following path using the dropdown menus on the left: HKEY_USERS/DEFAULT/Control Panel/Keyboard. In the right-hand section, right-click ‘InitialKeyboard’, then click Modify. You’ ll see a sequence of numbers (21474 83648) in the ‘Value data’ field (see screenshot below). Change the final two digits in this sequence (48) to 50, click OK, then restart your PC. Your ‘Num Lock’ key will resume working properly.

Source from Computer Active Magazine

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