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Cannot Toggle NUMLOCK Key After Installing IntelliPoint v. 1.1

Article ID:137575
Last Review:November 15, 2006
Revision:1.1
This article was previously published under Q137575
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/EN-US/) Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Microsoft IntelliPoint version 1.1 software, you may be unable to toggle the status of the NUMLOCK key.

RESOLUTION

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.


To work around this problem, add a key named "Keyboard" to the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Microsoft Input Devices


Add a string value named "NumLock" to the key, and set the string value to "ON" (or to "OFF," if you want the NUMLOCK key to be off by default).

For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry.

For information about backing up the registry, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
132332 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132332/EN-US/) How to Back Up the Registry

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft IntelliPoint 1.1

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