STFU && RTFM

Note: The comment-function for this post has been disabled due to 200+ spam comments over the last 24 hours Lately, I’ve been annoyed that a few of the computers I’ve set up have had NumLock on after each and every boot. The problem lies somewhere in the installation scripts, I’m sure, but as I have no power over those scripts, all I can do, is fix the problem whenever I spot it.
 

1. Open the “run” dialog box, enter regedit, and click ok
2. Find the following key: HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators
3. Set the value of the key in accordance with the following table

If you’re running Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 with DHCP, you’ll be likely to encounter problems if you don’t set up IPv6 properly. The fix is of course to set up IPv6 properly on the server, but there are a few workarounds if you can’t do that. You can’t uninstall IPv6, but you can, among others disable it, or configure it at will.
 
To disable it, clear the Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP/IPv6) check box in the properties of a network connection. You can also configure it a bit more than that. What you need to do is create a registry key and set it properly. Here’s how:
 

1. Open the “run” dialog box, enter regedit, and click ok
2. Create the following key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents
3. Set the value of the key in accordance with the following table