When you turn on or turn off your computer, lock screen, where on beautiful background notifications of various applications are displayed. This is one of the few visual components that have moved into the top ten from the previous version of the system. The lock screen does not carry any special functionality, so it can be disabled without any consequences for Windows. How to disable (enable) and change (configure) the lock screen, including through new feature"Windows: interesting" (Windows Spotlight) - read on after the button of the same name.
How to disable (enable) the lock screen inWindows 10
There are two ways to turn off the lock screen in Windows 10: Using the Local Group Policy Editor gpedit.msc and by editing the registry. We will go the second way, because. in some versions of the OS, the policy editor is not available.
So to disable lock screen press the key combination " Win+R" and type regedit → "OK" → in the registry editor, expand the chain HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization → in the last section create " DWORD Value (32-bit)" under the name NoLockScreen and also through right button mouse, set the value to " 1 " (screenshot below). If the section Personalization if you don't have it, you'll have to create it manually.
To enable lock screen perform the above manipulations with the system registry by setting the value of the parameter NoLockScreen equal " 0 " → "OK". Changes will take effect immediately, but to check if the option works, click " Win + L" (change user or lock the system), or better, restart the PC.
Customize your lock screenWindows 10
Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft's "OS" has learned to add your favorite images (background, photo) of nature, relatives and friends, plus, create a cyclic slide show. In order to customize lock screen through " Start"select" Options" → next " Personalization" → "Lock screen". The current background will be shown on the right side of the window, while some of its variations will appear as tiles below. Review" to select from the entire collection of images. In addition:
- for a slide show, tap the drop-down menu of the "Background" subcategory and stop at " Slide show" → select folders containing photos of the desired resolution (advanced settings are hidden under the link " More slideshow options");
- about the "Windows: Interesting" mode (screenshot), which was released with the release of the Threshold 2 batch update, read the details in the third part of the presented review.
How to change the image (background) of the screen windows lock Spotlight
After the announcement of the last November update latest version"Windows" users have the opportunity to see the lock screen in the style Windows Spotlight("Windows: interesting"), "smart" lockscreen (Eng. lrockscreen), which is not limited to providing the usual information - time, date and reminders. Using machine learning algorithms, Spotlight shows various applications that he thinks can increase your productivity. According to the same principle, in compliance with the taste of the user, background images are selected that are loaded from Microsoft servers.
To open them with any graphic viewer (editor)/ rename / delete / move to another folder:
- open Explorer and enable the display of hidden elements on the "View" tab (screenshot);
- paste the path into the address bar of Explorer C:\Users\ [Your_Account_Name] \AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets → "Enter";
- in folder assets, by clicking on the file and pressing the " F2 ", rename all files as shown in the pre-final screenshot.
Now you know where lock screen images are stored Windows 10 when you turn on the "Windows: interesting" mode, and the small thing is to set up the system "for yourself", according to personal preferences and taste.
Have you been using the new operating system for a long time, but still have no idea where the pictures used for the lock screen in Windows 10 are located? Today we will touch on this issue and several related ones, for example, how to pull off the desired picture for yourself.
During their work in the top ten, users noticed that in operating system lock screen splash screen changes periodically. Sometimes there are very beautiful pictures that you want to use as your desktop background.
Only for this you need to find out where these images are stored. Advanced users even tried to find all graphic files, stored in the directories of the system volume, but all in vain, the desired images were never found. Why it so happened that the search did not find the necessary files, we will consider below.
Activate the images option on the lock screen
It happens that the display of pictures is disabled in the settings (this is especially true for fans of assemblies aimed at the maximum performance of Windows 10). You can turn them on, select the displayed photo, play pictures as a slide show, and even change the catalog with the required photos as follows.
- Open the "Options" menu through the keyboard shortcut Win + I.
- Let's go to the personalization section.
- Make the "Lock Screen" tab active.
- As the first option "Background" set "Windows: Interesting".
To check if everything looks as intended, you can use the Win + L key combination, which will cause the lock screen.
After choosing "Photos", you will be able to replace the background from the lock screen in Windows 10, and the "Slideshow" option will allow you to specify several pictures or directories with graphic files to be used as slides.
Save the graphic file from the lock screen to your collection
Any image that is proposed to be set as the background of the lock screen is stored in the user's directory along the path - C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData
\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\. We find the folder "Assets" here and open it.
One nuance! You may not be able to see the AppData directory just like that, since it is a system directory, and therefore has the “Hidden” attribute. By default, these objects file system are not displayed in the standard explorer window, but this is not difficult to fix with literally a single mouse click.
1. Open the Explorer window Win + E or through a shortcut.
2. We call the main menu item called "View".
3. Check the box "Hidden items".
The same is done through the "Folder Options".
1. Call the item "Change folder and search options".
2. In the "View" tab, move the switch for the last option to the "Display hidden files and folders.
After that, you can open the "Assets" folder, where the lock screen pictures in Windows 10 are located.
It’s just that you won’t be able to see a single picture, unless you open an image viewer and drag a file with a long name, which is a set of characters, into its window.
All these files are images, but without an extension, and to view them, you must add the file extension - jpg to the end of the file. The absence of these symbols is the reason why the Windows 10 search engine could not find the graphic files used in it as wallpapers for the lock screen.
If one photo is renamed quickly, then manually changing the names of several dozen documents takes a long time. Consider how to change the file extension in batch.
1. Copy all images to a directory that will be located in a folder other than the system folder.
2. Rename all files to any name you like, and set the images to the “.jpg” format.
Now you can switch the way the directory items are rendered to "Large Icons" or "Thumbnails" and select the pictures you need or delete the ones you don't need.
by the most fast way to call the Windows 10 lock screen is the Win + L key combination. If there is a password on the account, you will have to enter it to enter. In addition, the administrator sometimes forces his wards to press Ctrl + Alt + Del to enter. It is believed, in the latter case, that such a lock is more reliable. It is impossible, unfortunately, to put a beautiful screen saver at this time, if there is such a desire. More precisely, this is not available in the anniversary version of 1607, and earlier such an operation seemed to be feasible. Today, users after pressing Win + L will see the usual black screen.
To be honest, such operations (access protection) are usually required in a workplace where everyone walks around. Maybe throw something, then you will only marvel. Especially if the employer gets caught with a twist. A good admin doesn't even store user passwords. Because that alone would be a security breach. Now the lock screen looks like a white or black canvas, depending on which theme is selected. According to our observations, these changes were made by the anniversary version.
Blocking via command line
You can type exactly the same thing in the Run tool (Win + R).
via bat file
Changing the lock screen
Some sources indicate that the lock screen can be entered or removed through the registry or group policies. For the current version, the lock screen does not turn off in Windows 10. It is not clear what exactly the specified keys do. Instead, try changing the desktop background on the login. For this:
Why is the clock on a black background?
Please note that the android robot will not be shown on contrast versions of the theme at all. Put the usual in this case! You will also see what they promise to show us beautiful photo on the background of the clock after pressing Win + L, but in reality - only a black screen. For many copies of the anniversary version.
However, there is some clarification. Let's do the following:
Third party software
There are a lot of tweakers on the Internet to change the splash screen, but the authors have an innate distrust of third-party utilities since XP, when each such experiment could be the last for the system. Just change the background through Options and be content with what you have.
To turn off the lock screen, it's easier to remove the sleep options in the power settings, and the PC will never freeze. This was exactly what those who downloaded long files from Rapida at night needed. And any excess forced to do everything anew.
If a computer or tablet running Windows 10 goes to sleep, the lock screen will appear after waking up.
You can customize it to suit your needs or turn it off altogether so that waking the computer directly brings the computer to work mode.
Lock Screen Personalization
The steps to change your lock settings are the same on a PC, laptop, and tablet. Any user can change the background image by replacing it with their own photo or slideshow, as well as set a list of applications available on the lock screen.
Changing the background
Video: How to change the Windows 10 lock screen picture
Slideshow setup
The previous instruction allows you to set a photo that will be on the lock screen until the user replaces it himself. By setting a slideshow, you can ensure that the photos on the lock screen change on their own after a certain period of time. For this:
Quick Access Applications
In the personalization settings, you can choose which application icons will be displayed on the lock screen. Maximum amount icons - seven. Click on a free icon (displayed as a plus) or an already taken one and select which application should be displayed in this icon.
Select Applications quick access for lock screen
Additional settings
Setting a password on the lock screen
If you set a password, you will have to enter it every time to unlock the lock screen.
Video: Create and Remove a Password in Windows 10
Deactivate the lock screen
There are no built-in settings that allow you to disable the lock screen in Windows 10. But there are several ways in which you can disable the appearance of the lock screen by manually changing the computer settings.
Through the registry (one-time)
This method is only suitable if you need to turn off the screen once, because after rebooting the device, the settings will be restored and the lock will start to occur again.
Through the registry (forever)
By creating a task
This method will deactivate the lock screen permanently:
Via local policy
This method is only suitable Windows users 10 "Professional" and higher editions, as there is no local policy editor in the home versions of the system.
By deleting a folder
The lock screen is a program stored in a folder, so you can open File Explorer, navigate to System_Part:\Windows\SystemApps and delete the Microsoft.LockApp_cw5n1h2txyewy folder. Done, the lock screen will disappear. But deleting the folder is not recommended, it is better to cut it or rename it in order to be able to restore the deleted files in the future.
The welcome lock screen in the tenth version of Windows OS is initially encountered by all users who have installed this operating system, since it is activated by default. In other words, if a screen lock password set for a specific user is used, the screen will appear constantly when changing the login account or when waking up from sleep mode. Owners of home stationary computer terminals or laptops, by and large, do not really need this function. But for office workers, when several users can be registered on one terminal, it will come in handy.
However, not everyone knows that the Windows 10 lock screen itself can be customized to your liking. In addition, it performs not only a blocking function, but also has a lot of informative features. Next, some tips will be given on setting it up, and, if necessary, on turning it off.
Windows 10 lock screen: purpose and main functionality
So, the main purpose of the screen, as already mentioned, when using a password to access the system is to prohibit logging in under a specific account. Roughly speaking, this is a certain function related to the security of the system and the protection of user data.
On the other hand, many people probably noticed that at the moment when the screen is locked, some additional elements are displayed on the display. The default is the time and date. In general, it is very convenient, but for more comfort, the user can simply change the screensaver (background), add some additional elements in the form of standard applications, or enable notifications that will be displayed without directly logging into the system under his registration.
Windows 10 Lock Screen: Customize Background
First, let's look at changing the background. In a way it looks like default setting displayed picture on the "Desktop", but this action is performed a little differently.
The screen lock in the first stage is configured from the personalization menu, which can be accessed through the settings section called from the main Start menu. In the left part of the window, the corresponding line is selected, after which its type is selected in the background drop-down list. Let's take "Photo" as an example. To select a picture, use the browse button located below, after which the required file is indicated, which will be displayed on the screen.
Setting slideshow options
However, the screen lock will be more interesting and unusual if you set the slideshow mode. You can select it in the same list where the photo setting was used. In this case, you can add not one, but several pictures (adding them one at a time or specifying the whole folder containing them).
If necessary, you can use the advanced options button to access advanced settings. There are four main options here that the user can enable or disable to customize the behavior of the slideshow.
Adding Application Widgets
But only the above settings are not limited. For more information content, you can add several applications to the screen.
To do this, in the main parameters, go to the block responsible for adding programs (it is located just below). You can immediately notice that there are several buttons responsible for standard applications(calendar, mail, alarm clock, clock, etc.). When you click on the button, a menu appears, from which the desired widgets are selected. Along the way, you can immediately configure some settings of the lock screen.
The only drawback of such settings is that custom applications cannot be added to the screen. By and large, this is not necessary. Although using some third party programs, allowing you to manage some advanced features, you can do this.
Notification settings
After the above steps, you need to configure the display of notifications. By default, this option is enabled. However, as they say, for fidelity it is better to check it.
This is done in the options menu with the selection of the system section, in the menu of which you need to go to the notifications and actions item. There is a line for displaying notifications on the lock screen, in which you need to set the slider to the on position.
Screen off
Now let's see how if it is not required. The easiest way for the case when there is only one user registration on the terminal is to simply remove the password (user accounts section). After applying the settings, the screen will not be displayed when you log in.
In addition, in the login parameters, you need to deactivate the so-called re-entry function by setting the option value to "Never".
However, two alternative methods can be proposed. The screen lock in the first case can be disabled through the settings group policies. In the editor, which is called by the gpedit.msc command, through the administrative templates menu, we find the personalization section and the option to prevent the display of the lock screen, enter the editing menu and activate the "Enabled" line. Save the changes and reboot the system. After that, the screen lock will be completely disabled.
In the second case, you will have to act through the system registry (regedit in the Run console). In the HKLM branch, through the SOFTWARE section, we find the Personalization directory, on the right side of the editor, through the RMB menu, create a new DWORD parameter (32 bits), give it the name NoLockScreen, double-click to enter the editing window and set the parameter to 1. As in the previous case , a system restart is required.
If someone is not satisfied with the above methods, there is nothing easier than using third party utilities like Ultimate Windows Tweaker or Winaero Tweaker. However, the installation of such programs will lead to the fact that they will constantly "hang" in memory with icons from the system tray. So why clog up your computer if all the actions can be performed using the operating system toolkit?
Actions on mobile devices
Since we are talking about the operating Windows system 10, the actions carried out on mobile devices will be considered very briefly.
In Android devices, such as Samsung smartphones or tablets, the screen lock is configured through the personal data section and the security menu. There are several options for what to do here. If you do not want to lock your device, you can set it to completely disable.
Please note that if a PIN code is used as security or graphic key, when you try to access the settings, the system will prompt you to enter them.
In iPhone, the screen lock is disabled through the main settings, where the screen and brightness section is selected. It has an auto-block item in which you can set the waiting interval or turn off the block completely. If this item is not available (greyed out), you must first disable the power saving mode through the battery settings.
In both cases, through home screen or section of its parameters, you can select a picture that will be set as a background.
Finally
Summing up, it can be noted that setting up a lock screen in Windows 10 is quite simple. Compared to previous versions of the system, there are clearly more opportunities here, not to mention the parameters of information content. Again, it is worth saying that the user who works on the terminal alone, this function can be completely deactivated (there is practically no sense in its use). But when there are several registration records - another matter. Mobile gadgets were considered very briefly, since the above models have nothing to do with Windows systems.
As for smartphones running specifically under Windows, the setup steps are almost identical to stationary systems, however, in most cases, turning off is done in the way described for Android and Apple devices.
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