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Capslock and Numlock reversed in Hyper-V on VHD

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015 8:13 PM

From @shilezi via Twitter

@AzureSupport #vhd downloaded from azure has #capsLock and #numlock reversed when used on #hyperV, any ideas why? thanks

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@AzureSupport

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Thursday, August 6, 2015 1:37 PM ✅Answered

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for posting here.

Note: The below steps are not reproduced and details provided here are from external links.

Fast Startup may be the cause, though a review of the registry key settings indicates the correct value as suggested in The Windows Club article: registry key HKEY_USERS\Default\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators has a value of 2147483648.

This answer is actually a carryover from Windows XP.  From Microsoft support: Let me fix it myself.

To enable NUM LOCK before a user logs on, follow these steps:

  1. Run Registry Editor.
  2. Move to:
    HKEY_USERS\Default\Control Panel\Keyboard
  3. Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.

Additional research identifies that:

0 = Numlock is turned off after logon
2 = Numlock is turned on after logon

And a little more research found a similar article from the Hampel Group How to turn on/off Keyboard NumLock on bootup in Windows that yields even better details.

0 – Turn all indicators Off (Numlock, CapsLock, ScrollLock)
1 – Turn CapsLock On
2 – Turn Numlock On
3 – Turn CapsLock and Numlock On
4 – Turn ScrollLock On
5 – Turn CapsLock and ScrollLock On
6 – Turn Numlock and ScrollLock On
7 – Turn all indicators On (Numlock, CapsLock, ScrollLock)

Ref: http://blogs.interfacett.com/numlock-key-keep-resetting

hope this helps you. Please share the status if it worked.

Girish Prajwal

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