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 ...

I never use num lock intensionally, but sometimes in the middle of an intense game I'll hit it -- and then of course the game is screwed up until I suss whats going on. I managed to hit it twice this ...

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 ...

The Num Lock key is included on some computer keyboards to change the functionality of the number keys, enabling more functions and shortcuts to be built into the keyboard. In the same way that Caps ...

In the good old days, all keyboards had indicator LEDs that showed the on/off status of Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock. Nowadays they’re not so ubiquitous. My fancy-schmancy Logitech keyboard, ...