Salio14

Thanks, Earthshine. Having the script functional only after login implies that I manually press the scroll lock key to turn on the keyboard, in order to insert the password: of course this is definitely not an issue, but if there is a way to make the process completely automatic I'd be really glad to follow it. I've already tried to edit the registry, as argumentum also suggested above, but unfortunately the procedure doesn't work for me. May I ask you what you exactly intend by running the .EXE as service? Is it something I can do recurring to Autoit and/or internal Windows features? Or do I need specific softwares instead?

Yes, my Mobo's BIOS has this option for Numlock, but unfortunately there isn't anything similar for scroll. I don't know if i followed the correct procedure (as I said I'm a complete newbie). I created a document in Notepad with the Send ('{Scrollock}') function as text, then i changed the extension of it from .txt into .au3. I compiled the script with Aut2Exe and put the resulting EXE file in the group policy. The behaviour is exactly the same of the VBscript: the EXE runs only after having logged in, even though it's located under the "startup script" section. Did i do something wrong?

Thank you guys, I'll try that.

Thank you for the indications. I tried the registry solution, but unfortunately it doesn't work with anyone of the number sequences associated to the scrollock key (4, 80000004, 2147483652). One thing I noticed is that when I put the Vbscript under "startup script" in local policy group it runs exactly as a logon script, executing only after I've logged in. I strongly suspect there are some issues with permissions and security but I have absolutely no idea how to determine that. Do you think that an Autoit script could help or I may incur in the same issues?

Thank you for the reply, argumentum. This is the VBScript: Set wshShell =CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}" The keyboard is a Cooler Master Devastator II.

Hi Jos, thanks for the reply. Do you mean creating a specific task for my VBScript in Windows Task Scheduler? If so, unfortunately, as I've written above that method doesn't work selecting the "at system startup" trigger; the only way the task executes is by choosing the "at log on" event, but in this case it runs only after a user has inserted the password and logged in. Do you think I may have better fortune with an Autoit script?

Hi! First of all, I must admit that I have almost no knowledge about editing scripts in general, let alone with Autoit. I've got a LED keyboard which turn itself on by pressing the scrollock key. I'd like to have the key automatically pressed before in Windows 10 (build 15063) before logon. I already tried to create a VBScript, putting it both in scheduled tasks (where I selected the "at system startup" trigger) and in local policy Group editor (as a startup script in the computer configuration section), but in both cases it doesn't work, whilst it executes if set to start at logon (i.e. after having inserted the password and started a session). Having run out of internal Windows resources I was wondering whether it is possible to create with Autoit a startup script of this kind that will work under the desired circumstances (at startup before logging in). Thanks in advance.