Issue with Num Pad

windows-7 windows keyboard numpad

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Use Win7 built-in "On Screen Keyboard" to test if NumLock behaves well.

Press +R
Enter osk
In bottom right corner, click "Option" and checked the Number Panel boxes
Press NumLock

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Kira

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Kira over 1 year

I have a problem with my Num. Lock key on my Toshiba Satellite C650. In fact, when I start up my computer the Num. Lock. button works fine, I can use it to activate the num pad and I even can type my password using the num pad but after authentication the num pad is automatically disabled and I can't activate it anymore, Num. Lock. seems to be useless once I get authenticated. I tried to change the Value of the Keybord Registry Key and uncheck Turn on mouse keys but this didn't solve the problem. I'm working on Windows 7 x64. Any help would be appreciated.

Update: num pad buttons work fine but not as numbers i.e: when I press 4 the cursor moves to the left. The problem is that I can't turn on the Num. Lock
- Jan Doggen almost 11 years
  
  Maybe try MS's fix once you're loggedin webcache.googleusercontent.com/…
- Kira almost 11 years
  
  @JanDoggen that's what I have tried manually
- rags almost 11 years
  
  Go to Control "Panel\All Control Panel Items\Ease of Access Center\Make the keyboard easier to use". In this, under the "Control the mouse with the keyboard" section, make sure that "Turn on Mouse Keys" is unchecked
- NikoKaranatsios almost 11 years
  
  It would probably help to know what kind of keyboard you have. Does the keyboard have a FN key? Is this perhaps a laptop?
- Kira almost 11 years
  
  @rags it's unchecked.
- Kira almost 11 years
  
  @druciferre : yep it's a laptop (TOSHIBA Satellite C650) and it does have a FN key
- NikoKaranatsios almost 11 years
  
  Is this your keyboard tinyurl.com/bp37khc ? When you press the NumLock key does the status light change?
- Kira almost 11 years
  
  @druciferre yes that's my keyboard and that's exactly the problem, the light status doesn't change when I press the num lock button. It only can be changed before I type my password.
- harrymc almost 11 years
  
  Does this happen when you boot in Safe mode ?
- HikeMike almost 11 years
  
  Have you tried toggling the mouse keys option? Does this happen for all user accounts on the computer (temporarily create one if necessary)?
Kira almost 11 years

thank you for your answer, how can I send it to you, can you give me you email adress
Kira almost 11 years

It's the only answer that helped me. But does this mean that the num lock button (of the real keyboard :p) doesn't work??
Ivan Chau almost 11 years

It need to be tested. If NumLock is an individual physical button, 1) Use "AutoHotKey", 2) enter .ahk script #InstallKeybdHook and 3) View>Key History to see if NumLock works or not. If it shows NumLock, then I suspect that some softwares may override the key. And sometimes clear dusts of the laptop may help.
Kira almost 11 years

it doesn't show NumLock. I guess it's broken. Anyway, thanks for your help :), at least now I know where it comes from and how to activate it. It was hard for me to use a keyboard without Number Pad.