Restart your computer, and as soon as you see the initial POST boot screen, press the designated key for entering the system BIOS. The key for this varies depending on the manufacturer of your system ...

How often has it happened that you have inadvertently hit the Caps Lock key and continued to type? While the Caps Lock key is a useful tool, when you want to write everything in capitals, it can ...

In earlier days, computers displayed physical indicator lights for Caps Lock, Num Lock, and other keyboard keys so that we knew their status, but that is not always the case today. In this post, we ...

The number lock function on your laptop can help you quickly enter a series of numbers including those related to the bookkeeping of your business. The function turns your laptop's keypad into a ...

One "feature" of the new Apple Wireless Keyboard that people noticed quickly is the lack of the familiar numeric keypad and associated Num Lock key. A lot of users liked the change, but of course some ...

Why buy a num pad or a macropad when you can build something new and beautiful, open source that bad boy, and be a hero to the community? We think that should be all the justification you ever need to ...

Q: I use the 10-key pad on my computer quite a bit but am constantly forgetting to activate the Num Lock to enable it. Is there a way make the computer activate the key on startup? A: Many of the ...

Have you ever written this in a forum, addressed to a software developer: “I have $50 here which I’ll totally give you if you make this app”? No, of course not, because that would make you a ...

(NUMeric Lock) A keyboard key used to toggle a combination number/cursor keypad between number keys and cursor keys. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

I'm helping a parental unit troubleshoot an el cheapo 3-4 year old Acer laptop that has no Bluetooth. The symptom was that pressing a number of keys would turn out digits instead. It was driving the ...

Q. We have been searching for about six months for an owner’s manual on the IBM ThinkPad R40. We are having trouble with what the keys mean. It seems we can use certain keys in some programs, but ...

Explore simple technical steps to restore functionality to your Windows key and enhance your computing efficiency Reviewed by Ryan Perian Start by restarting your computer to fix issues with the ...