Comments on: How to disable the NumLock on a IBM Thinkpad T43

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:07:28 +0000

if you connected an external keyboard the registry string might be different. you could by the way connect an external KB and hit numlock… this worked for me.
because trying to go start >run> regedit. my KB typed reged5t cause numlock was already on

By: Gio Nodia

Gio Nodia — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:09:29 +0000

Try Shift+numlock

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:25:31 +0000

Thank you!!!!!!!!! Registry suggestion did the trick

By: obot

obot — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:31:47 +0000

I also had a problem with Num Lock feature in T43 where it will not allow me to type in normally and automatically enabled the Num Lock on the keypad. So instead of showing the letter, it comes up with a number!

I tried following the steps provided above, however, typing in REGEDIT in the Run command is next to impossible because of the problem with Num Lock.

As a resolution, I pulled up the On-Screen keyboard from Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > On-Screen Keyboard, and from there, disabled the Num Lock key and voila! My problem is gone!

By: Pat Martin

Pat Martin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:37:38 +0000

Hey! Thank you very much! It was driving me crazy. I had disabled it in the BIOS and followed other people’s advice, but this did the trick.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:01:40 +0000

Thank you thank you thank you! Got rid of that annoyance!