How to manage Lock Screen in Windows 8
by Bella Martin Software engineer“Windows 8” the latest operating
system launched few months ago. It is loaded with attractive features like UEFI
interface, Hybrid boot, Windows to go etc. Microsoft has introduced lot of
changes in the Lock Screen. The concept of Lock screen is devised show a state
when computer is not used. Lock screen was also used in the previous version of
windows operating system but in Windows 8 OS Lock screen is revived to extent
beyond expectation. The concept of Lock screen introduced in Windows 8 looks to
be inspired from Smartphone’s. Lock screen is generated in a computer when a
user locks his/her computer, restart it or wake up from sleep state. Basic Lock
screen contains the following information:
·
Lock
Screen Background Image.
·
Today’s
Date with time.
·
Current
status of available network and Battery status.
Apart from this information
Windows 8 allows to place apps on your lock screen. A user can place maximum of
seven apps on the screen. For instance you can place or you can active your
webmail service app on your Lock screen which shows unread message or update
you when new mail is received. So, you can place all such Apps which you use on
regular basis.
How
to make changes in Windows 8 lock Screen?
You have two ways though which
you can make changes in the lock screen
Method 1: By accessing Group
policy Editor.
·
Press
Window + R key, this key combination will initiate/opens a new window on your
monitor screen. This is known as RUN window.
·
Then
type “gpedit.msc” in the text box and press Enter key, this command will open
“Group Policy editor” window.
·
On
the left panel of Window click on computer configuration, click on
Administrative templates, and then click on Control panel. Now lists of option
appears on left panel of screen, out of them click on Personalization.
·
Then
in the right pane of window you will get option to change configure the lock
screen and Start menu.
·
You
can enable/ disable lock screen through these option, change Lock screen image
and Start menu background.
Method 2: By using Registry
Editor.
·
Press
Window + R key, this key combination will initiate/opens a new window on your
monitor screen. This is known as RUN window.
·
Then
type “regedit” in the text box and press Enter key, this command will opens
Registry Editor.
·
A
new window appears on your screen which contains list of registries files. You
have to find the following registry:
“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization”
·
If
you are not able to find create a new registry file DWORD NoLockScreen and set
its value to 1 to disable it or set its value to 0 if you want to disable it.
·
Then
Restart your computer to make changes to take affect.
Thus following the above
procedure you can make changes and. If you want to know more then you can
contact 1-855-352-1816 or contact to some of the renowned companies like Impcsupport.
They will guide you throughout the procedure .They also provide 24*7 online
technical supports for Windows 8 support. You can also use computer
maintenance tools
like registry tools in your Windows 8 computer for enhancing the speed and
performance of computer.
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