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Wade - 23 Sep 2004 14:24 GMT

Hi-

Anyone got any clue how I can get the number pad to work? I've got the
standard Mac keyboard with the 16 F keys and the volume and eject
buttons, but, I can't figure out how to get the number pad to be used in
the Virtual PC environment.

?

- Wade

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Howard Griffith - 23 Sep 2004 18:48 GMT

Wade,

I have found that I have to tap the NumLock key once and then I am free to
use the Numeric keypad. Apparently Numlock is off by default.

Regards,
Howard

On 9/23/04 6:24 AM, in article uS2SlCXoEHA.1664@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl, "Wade"
<skepticus@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi-
>
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> - Wade

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William Smith - 26 Sep 2004 00:47 GMT

> I have found that I have to tap the NumLock key once and then I am free to
> use the Numeric keypad. Apparently Numlock is off by default.

This may be of interest to some. You can change the default.
<http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/196/>

bill

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Mitchell Spector - 24 Sep 2004 05:56 GMT

>Hi-
>
>Anyone got any clue how I can get the number pad to work? I've got the
>standard Mac keyboard with the 16 F keys and the volume and eject
>buttons, but, I can't figure out how to get the number pad to be used in
> the Virtual PC environment.

The emulated PC's Num-Lock key is mapped to the "Clear" key on the
Macintosh's numeric pad key. Press this key to toggle the num-lock on
and off (note that there is no visual indicator or message from Virtual PC
that it's been toggled, but it will work for standard Apple keyboards).

Mitchell Spector
Microsoft Support Professional - Virtual PC for Macintosh

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