Number pad/arrow keys

I was trying out the arrow keys in the built in laptop keyboard on a program and found that the numlk does not light up but it does on my desktop. Is there a way to use the numlk in the application i am using?

Hello sharon:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
Run, don't walk to the phone. Call Applecare and indicate you have a warranty problem. The KB is (or will be shortly) out of warranty. It may take you some time, but it may save you some money in the long run.
Incidentally, it appears to me that your KB is, indeed, broken.
Barry

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Hi Rastapote, and welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you are having a problem with the numeric keypad on your HP Compaq 6830s Notebook PC. This is a business Notebook and you would get the best answer to your question on the HP Enterprise Business Community forum as they deal with the Business products.
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if you hold down left and right (so it doesn't move), down works, but not up.
hold up/down, right works but not left.Yes, the problem only seems to be when the up and left in combination with the right or down key is pressed.
num lock off - use the number pad arrow keys and all works OK Thats interesting, I didn't notice that. Although it just confuses the issue as to what the problem is.
So it appears to me that:
a) left + up + down, and
b) left + up + right
are special key combinations that are intercepted by either the OS or the JVM. Do these key combinations ring a bell to anybody?
I'm use JDK1.4.2 on XP. I wonder if other OS will have the same problem?
Again, this isn't a real, problem, just more of a curiosity. Thanks,

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Hello to whomever reads/replies -
I have a wired keyboard for my iMac(it's not the aluminum imac, but the version before it with the keyboard and mouse that came with it). I got this keyboard June 2007 after the original keyboard sent to me had problems with it with some keys not working properly. And now about a week ago my right arrow key and the zero, decimal point, one, two, three and enter button on the keypad stopped working out of the blue. One night they worked and the next they didn't with nothing being done different, nor was the keyboard stored differently.
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Hello sharon:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
Run, don't walk to the phone. Call Applecare and indicate you have a warranty problem. The KB is (or will be shortly) out of warranty. It may take you some time, but it may save you some money in the long run.
Incidentally, it appears to me that your KB is, indeed, broken.
Barry

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Hi Rastapote, and welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I understand that you are having a problem with the numeric keypad on your HP Compaq 6830s Notebook PC. This is a business Notebook and you would get the best answer to your question on the HP Enterprise Business Community forum as they deal with the Business products.
I hope this information helps.
Have a great day!
I worked on behalf of HP.

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Because the operating system does not affect the keyboard in that way . .. If the operating system has issues it would switch keys or assign wrong characters.
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For some reason, my 10 key does not work on my keyboard on the Windows (XPSP3) partition. Anyone know of a button to use to turn on the number lock on it? It currently works as if the number lock is not on.
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Hi,
for activation of number keys you usually have to press the so-called 'clear'-key.
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In Windows it's called the 'NumLock'-key.
Regards
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I tried to install maverick and now my keyboard keys F10,F11, 7,8,9 on the number pad don't work on my iMac. How do I resolve this?

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Remap number pad key?

Hello from France.
I use an external Apple wireless keyboard with a French layout and I want to remap one single key on the right-side number pad. Is this possible?

Hi,
for activation of number keys you usually have to press the so-called 'clear'-key.
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In Windows it's called the 'NumLock'-key.
Regards
Stefan
Message was edited by: Fortuny

Why does my Right arrow key type the number "8" and the Up arrow key type the number "9"

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Hi benmurray37,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
For this situation I would suggest a few different steps to isolate and resolve the issue. Please follow the steps listed in the Some keys don’t work as expected section of the following article.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1381
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