---
title: "Making the F-lock key on your MS keyboard ON by default"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/14/making-the-f-lock-key-on-your-ms-keyboard-on-by-default.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/14/making-the-f-lock-key-on-your-ms-keyboard-on-by-default.html"
published: "2003-11-14T19:50:00"
updated: "2003-11-14T19:50:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "The Furrygoat points to a reg file that allows to to change you F-Lock key (found on the new MS keyboards) to be set to “normal” by default (right now when you boot you have to manually remember and flip it to “on” , if…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Making the F-lock key on your MS keyboard ON by default

By Roy Osherove November 14, 2003 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 14, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[The Furrygoat points to a reg file](http://www.furrygoat.com/archives/000756.html) that allows to to change you F-Lock key (found on the new MS keyboards) to be set to “normal” by default (right now when you boot you have to manually remember and flip it to “on” , if you even remember to realize why you F keys aren't working like they should).

Since I just got the MS natural multimedia keyboard recently, this “feature” certainly got me several times already. Now it's gone. Thank god.

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

- Nov 18, 2003

    ### [New Regulator version (last one on this blog)](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/18/new-regulator-version-last-one-on-this-blog.html)

- Nov 18, 2003

    ### [2 possible gems in MS downloads](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/18/2-possible-gems-in-ms-downloads.html)

- Nov 14, 2003

    ### [The Regulator 1.02b is out](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/14/the-regulator-102b-is-out.html)

- Nov 11, 2003

    ### [\[Document\] Port Requirements for Microsoft Windows Server System](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/11/document-port-requirements-for-microsoft-windows-server-syst.html)


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