Re: Unwanted NumLock (was Re: INstall)

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Jane Van Tassel wrote:
>
> >this hideous install program has issues with numlock.
> >Or maybe it was the KBD file that did.
>
> Maybe; but my new Dell PC defaults to NumLock when you boot it up, and it
> did so straight out of the box, long before I'd installed any version of Xy
> (or NotaBene). My brother, who is my computer guru, says it's a BIOS issue,
> and he advises me (implicitly agreeing with an earlier recommendation from
> Leslie) to ask Dell how to alter it.

Oh I don't think you have to ask Dell. If Dells work anything like
Gateway, during the bootup there is probably at some point where you get
a prompt like

PRESS F2 FOR SETUP or somesuch.


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