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After nearly half a year of frustrated clicks, blind-hovering and bewildered help‑desk calls, Microsoft has pushed a cumulative Windows 11 update that finally restores the missing password sign‑in icon on affected lock screens — ending what many IT teams called “lock‑screen madness.” The...

Microsoft has confirmed a persistent but non‑breaking visual bug that can make the password sign-in icon disappear from the Windows 11 lock screen after installing the August 2025 non‑security preview update (KB5064081) or later updates — and has published an out‑of‑band cumulative update...

Microsoft has released an out-of-band cumulative update, KB5078127 (OS Builds 26200.7628 and 26100.7628), to address a series of January 2026 quality problems — and it includes a mitigation for a persistent, user-facing regression theat first appeared after the August 29, 2025 non‑security...

If you’re done typing a password every time Windows 11 starts, wakes, or shows the lock screen, this practical guide walks through the safe, supported ways to remove those hurdles on a personal, trusted PC — and explains the trade‑offs you need to know before doing it. The task is not a single...

Changing your desktop or lock‑screen wallpaper in Windows 11 should be one of the simplest customizations you do — but the split between desktop and lock screen, multiple wallpaper modes (Picture, Solid color, Slideshow, Windows Spotlight), and a handful of small system quirks can turn a...

Microsoft has quietly turned the lock screen from a decorative afterthought into a genuinely useful glance surface: you can now pin, rearrange and remove full widgets on Windows 11’s lock screen using Settings → Personalization → Lock screen, adding up to four small-sized widgets for quick...

I'm running Windows 11 on a PC with several user accounts. For one of them, The Windows Spotlight photo does not update on the desktop but it DOES update on the lock screen. Any ideas why this would happen and how to fix it? I tried SFC /scannow and the DISM commands and it doesn't work. Also...

A handful of cosmetic and usability changes in Microsoft’s December 1, 2025 Windows 11 preview have left some users feeling that their PC “looks wrong” — File Explorer can briefly flash white in Dark mode, and the password icon on the lock screen can vanish while the underlying sign-in control...

Microsoft has confirmed that the August 29, 2025 non‑security preview update KB5064081 can make the password sign‑in icon invisible on the Windows 11 lock screen, forcing affected users to click the blank space where the icon should be to open the password field — a confirmed but cosmetic UI...

A recent Windows 11 servicing regression has left the small password icon in the lock‑screen sign‑in options invisible on affected machines, but the underlying password control still works — Microsoft has acknowledged the bug and documented it as a Known Issue while engineers work on a repair...

Microsoft confirmed a small but consequential UI regression in its Windows 11 preview channel: after installing the optional preview update identified as KB5064081, some devices running Windows 11 (versions 24H2 and 25H2) can no longer see the password sign‑in icon on the lock screen even though...

Microsoft has confirmed a Windows 11 bug that makes the small password sign‑in icon invisible on the lock screen’s “Sign‑in options,” and the company’s temporary fix is effectively: hover where the icon should be and click the invisible placeholder to reveal the password box. Background /...

Microsoft has confirmed a baffling but important rendering bug in recent Windows 11 updates: the small password icon in the lock-screen’s “Sign‑in options” can be invisible while the underlying password control still works, forcing users to hunt for an invisible target or resort to alternate...

An innocuous-sounding preview update for Windows 11 quietly introduced a frustrating usability regression: the small password icon in the lock screen’s Sign‑in options can become invisible after installing the August 29, 2025 preview (KB5064081) or certain later servicing updates, leaving users...

Microsoft has acknowledged a Windows 11 bug that can hide the password option on the lock‑screen Sign‑in options after installing the August 29, 2025 preview update (KB5064081), leaving the control invisible even though the underlying password path remains functional — and Microsoft’s public...

Microsoft has acknowledged a rendering bug in recent Windows 11 updates that can make the password sign‑in icon invisible on the lock screen, forcing users to guess where the button sits or rely on other sign‑in methods until a fix is delivered. Background Microsoft released an optional August...

Microsoft has confirmed a small but consequential Windows 11 lock‑screen bug: after the August 29, 2025 preview update (KB5064081) and some later servicing releases, the password sign‑in icon can be invisible on the lock screen while the underlying control itself remains functional. The result...

Microsoft has confirmed that an August 2025 optional preview update left the password sign-in icon invisible on some Windows 11 lock screens — a small visual bug with outsized usability and accessibility impact that persisted for weeks until Microsoft rolled a fix into later cumulative updates...

Microsoft has confirmed a Windows 11 bug that can make the small password sign‑in icon invisible on the lock screen after the August 29, 2025 optional preview update (KB5064081), leaving the underlying control functional but removing the visual cue most users expect. Background / Overview Since...

Microsoft has acknowledged a persistent Windows 11 bug that makes the password icon disappear from the lock‑screen sign‑in options, and — crucially for many users — there is no immediate, widely distributed fix: the icon is invisible but still functional, and Microsoft’s public guidance for...