Microsoft KB Archive/242040

= PAUSE Key Disables NUM LOCK in Terminal Server Client in Windows 95/98 =

Article ID: 242040

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4

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This article was previously published under Q242040



SYMPTOMS
When you are running Terminal Server Client (Mstsc.exe) in Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, pressing the PAUSE key twice after turning the NUM LOCK key on effectively turns the NUM LOCK key off.

This behavior does not occur when you are running Terminal Server Client in Windows NT.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to obtain the latest Windows NT 4.0 service pack



WORKAROUND
After using the PAUSE key twice, press NUM LOCK again to re-enable the numeric functions on the numeric keypad.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5.

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB242040

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