lock screen

Hi, new poster here. I've posted this to the Win 8 forum, but it could equally apply to Win 10. I have 3 windows machines at home - netbook, laptop and desktop. The netbook was bought with Win 7 has never had a personalised lock screen, now it's on Win 10 it has a generic Microsoft one. The...

If you are not seeing all of your apps that can use the Lock Screen status area then this PowerShell command will address that and make the full range of apps available as options for the Lock Screen status area. read more Continue reading...

Hi everyone, we thought we would end the week with another build for you – but this time it’s for mobile. Build 10166 of the Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview is rolling out right now to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. There are lots of small changes and feature tweaks in this build, but our...

Hi everyone, we have a new Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build for Windows Insiders on the Fast ring today – Build 10136. There are a couple of things that you’ll need to pay close attention to in order to upgrade to this build. The first is that we are only offering it to phones that are...

When I performed a reset I used this command gpedit.msc to not have to see the lock screen when I log in. Now when I move around the pc this awful green color is there. For the most part, once logged in the color I selected is what I see but this other one needs changing. It appears when I first...

I have a custom built desktop running Windows Technical Preview right now. I was currently running 8.1. On both 8.1 and Technical Preview, I was seeing this icon on the lock screen whenever booting up my computer: Link Removed The icon I'm talking about is the one to the right. It usually has...

Does anyone know where I can get that Win 8.1 lock screen background of the honeycomb/hexagonal pattern? I'm not on 8.1 yet, but would like it.

A day or two after I published my Link Removed, I suddenly realized that I’d completely forgotten to mention one of the new themes I’d been the most excited to bring you – Panoramas of Europe! So this time, I’m making sure to talk about it first. This theme is huge in several ways – it contains...

Hello guys! I developed two apps for Windows 8.1 and with them I participate to one contest at my university!I would appreciate if you can give me one download for each one.MovieLock is an app which gets data from themoviedb database and can change your windows lock screen.CurrencyConv is a...

When will then be now? One of the more intriguing Windows Phone 8.1 revelations to come out of Build a few months back was that users would be allowed to customize their handsets' lock screen via new interactive apps provided by Microsoft and, eventually, third parties. But this lock screen...

Hi, guys I currently have Windows 7 and am having a problem when attempting to switch users. I lock or log off from one account, click on switch user, and there is no signal. How do I resolve this issue?

About every 4th or 5th time I Shutdown my Windows 8.1 PC a fairly large error message appears on the screen. The key words are "Restructuring Cache Metadata". Then instead of shutting down, the lock screen reappears and the PC starts up again. Doing another Shutdown at that point almost always...

Way back in the good old days I use to use a screen saver that had an option to require a password to unlock the screen saver. I looked at the options on all my default screen savers and that option is not available. Also, if I use the sleep that requires my name & password, where do I see...

Hi All, I was showing a friend some features of Windows 8.1 and went into the Settings and changed the Lock screen picture. Underneath the chosen pic there are four others that I can select or I can select browse below those and find other pics to use. I was wondering if there was a way...

Following up from Windows 8.1's official unveil last week, Microsoft has now produced a video -- staring Jensen Harris no less -- that showcases the new operating system. On display is the new "cloud-powered photo frame" Lock screen, the new Start screen, the new All Apps screen, the new and...

Windows 8 comes with an entirely new interface called Modern (formerly known as Metro), featuring generous swaths of color, flat icons, and large typography. You'll first meet Modern in the lock screen, immediately followed by the Start screen. You'll be visiting both quite often: The lock...

I am experiencing a flashing blue screen on my computer(not a BSOD) after the computer locks due to idling. I am able to log back in after forcing a reboot. Event Viewer yields the following: Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 2/6/2013 8:06:35...

Hi On the lock screen where you type in your password there are 2 icons at the end of the line. One is a normal check mark icon and the other one that is just ahead of it is a eye icon. What is the eye icon for, both of them log my in but when I did log in using the eye icon this morning...

Hello there! If you think that Microsoft did a real bad job with the whole Modern UI and other UI changes, you might find these links helpful! Disable Lock Screen Link Removed Disable SmartScreen Link Removed Get the Start Menu/Orb back Link Removed Enable the Delete Confirmation...

Kind of screen glitch that appears before windows 8 lock screen appears at start /restart and a notable delay in starting/restarting time than with my 1st win8 install. I think this appeared after I installed my windows 7 back ( dont ask me why..)( a clean install) and installed my win8 back...