IBM 390x laptop numeric keypad issue

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Amazingly simple solution I managed to find on the IBM
web site.

Shift + NumLck

Log out, then log back in, and it's fixed.

>-----Original Message-----
>I installed a new copy of Windows XP Professional onto
an
>IBM 390x (model 2626-M0U) laptop.
>
>I can log in fine, either as Administrator or as any
>user. However, once I'm logged in, the laptop acts
>in "reverse" for the numeric keypad that's printed over
>some of the right hand keys (u-i-o-p, j-k-l-;, m-,-.-
/).
>If I hold down the "Fn" key - which is what would
usually
>cause the numeric keypad to work, the normal letters
come
>up instead of the numbers.
>
>Obviously this is quite annoying. It's odd, too, as
>we've been running XP on these laptops for years and not
>had any issues, but we're running a newer version with
>many of the patches rolled in.
>
>Any help (preferably CC-ed to my e-mail) would be
greatly
>appreciated. Have a great day.
>
>Sean
>
>.
>