> I am using VNC to maintain several hundred windows computers which use
IBM's
> Client Access for AS/400
> Problem is, after connecting to these computers, the numeric keypad
doesn't
> work. It acts as if the num lock is always off, so they get arrow keys
> instead of numbers. The problem remains until the computer is rebooted.
> Remapping the keyboard so that base and shifted number keys are the same
> helps with that problem, but presents a new one, where when I hit 'home',
it
> enters a 7.
>
> This must have something to do with keyboard hooks, as both programs seem
to
> use them. I would really like to get this working, because our computers
> are in many buildings, and VNC could really help in administering them. I
> have downloaded the source code, and I have MS Visual C++ to compile it,
> but I'm no programming expert, so I cant find a way around this problem.
Find the portion of code which disables the NumLock setting and remove that
code. This is what breaks the AS400 keypad settings, I think.
Cheers,
James "Wez" Weatherall
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