Please provide your OS and Laptop model

Hi cwright1952,

At the system startup the NUMLOCK key comes up by default. If this doesn’t happen you may hit the NUMLOCK key present on the keyboard and it should glow.

If still it doesn’t work, do let me know what happens along with the system model. I will then check and see what can be done

Download and install Quickset driver here

For L701x model

 http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/uk/en/ukdhs1/DriverDetails/Product/xps-17?driverId=JMG67&osCode=W764&fileId=2731096451&languageCode=EN&categoryId=AP 

For L702x model

www.dell.com/.../xps-l702x

I have a Dell XPS 17, and Windows 7. No options are available when I boot up. It's not a big deal to turn on NumLk, of course, but I'd prefer it be automatically on. Thanks for any help!

Nothing happens when I boot up. I have a Dell XPS 17 and use Windows 7

No changes to options but there now should be a Number Lock icon that shows up in the system tray. Quickset should be allowed to load on every boot. Check Msconfig > Startup Tab for the Quickset entry.

If neither Quickset nor the BIOS (F2 at powerup) gives you Numlock set options you may try this little tool:

keyboard-leds.com

Did you mark the box "Automatically run program on startup" ? Your settings should be loaded.

If you feel comfortable editing the registry try this solution.

For some reason, the default value of some of the registry keys (not all) were changed in windows 7, which causes the system to apparently ignore the InitialKeyboardIndicators settings in those other locations.  

Press Windows key and type regedit. Perform a search for  InitialKeyboardIndicators and change all their values to 2

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)

In some cases, the string value was a 7 or 8 digit number such as 21765430.  These entries are the cause of the reboot change in the num lock status. Setting the value to 2 ensures that the setting remains on bootup.