This will also occur when using Win2K and periodically using a keyboard or docking station if you use number lock on the keyboard. I am an instructor at a large company and all of our instructors have laptops. When we are at our desk, we use docking stations so we have larger monitors and full size keyboards. I like having number lock on when using the keyboard, so the keypad is active. When I log off of win2K and take the laptop to a classroom to use for a presentation, when I log back in win2K remembers my setting and that's when I have to use the (in our case) shift-numlock key to turn it off so all the letters work the way they should.
I don't remember exactly when this remembering behavior started, but I do know that about 3 years ago many of our instructors would get locked out of their computers and/or the network because they would take the laptop to a classroom, logon to the system (at which time win2k 'remembered' it was lst used with numlock on) and during a break the screen saver would kick in which would require them to enter their password to resume, and not knowing about the numlock feature, they would type in their password, which because of numlock was NOT what they thought they were typing, and after three wrong attempts would be locked out. This required a call to the service desk to reset the password, disrupted class, and was all in all a pita. Contrary to the adage "those who can't, teach" we have learned and this is seldom a problem anymore! Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Phil Pluta > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows XP Pro "Some" Key Pad Keys give Different Characters > > I just found out that when the Num Lock key is ON, the behavior I > described is the result. I had never used Num Lock, so the behavior was a > mystery to me. A friend stopped by & I asked him and he said "you have > your Num Lock key ON". > > Now I know :). > > I thought the keyboard was going wacky. > > Phil > > --- I am having more fun than should be legal! -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
