lock/login screen issue

gorgor said:

I think hello10 has no idea, what were talking about here. This seems like a bug, which was introduced with 1809. Windows seems to always load the default lock screen for the FIRST BOOT (no login yet), regardless, if you set a new bg for the lockscreen (and toggled show it also on log in screen). His "solutions" dont work.

If you check my report in the link, you'd know I was talking about how I solved my issue with the BOOT SCREEN picture ("...the first one you see when you power on the computer"), and not the LOGON/LOGIN SCREEN or LOCK SCREEN picture.

Note: "...but choice made through the HeatherS1969 approach actually changes the BOOT screen wallpaper."

Anyway, if my "solutions" don't work for you, then that's that.

Edwin said:

I think I've got the solution...

One more test, back in a couple minutes......

Okay... this does work...,

• Be signed on as Admin,
• Show hidden files, folders and drives in File Explorer Options,
• Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData,
• Take Ownership of SystemData,
• Copy the LockScreen___1920_1080_notdimmed image from one of your designated Lock Screen folders...



...over to the LockScreen_W folder...



'Replace existing........' - Yes, grant permission - Continue





Survives a log-off, a Restart and a cold boot! Probably won't survive an update though!

Take Ownership of SystemData, lol...... I stopped reading there. Not a solution.

Edwin said:

Survives a log-off, a Restart and a cold boot! Probably won't survive an update though!

If I remember correctly, your issue back then was the LOGON/LOGIN screen wallpaper. Glad that you found a way to solve it.

gorgor said:

Take Ownership of SystemData, lol...... I stopped reading there. Not a solution.

Yeah, well...,
until MS changes their tune, it's the only way!

Besides, there's only user Lock Screen images in there so, who gives a sh*t!

hello10 said:

If I remember correctly, your issue back then was the LOGON/LOGIN screen wallpaper. Glad that you found a way to solve it.

Now, if they would just provide a way to ditch the blur, we'd be all set!!!

Edwin said:

Now, if they would just provide a way to ditch the blur, we'd be all set!!!

What do you mean they ditch the blur? The blur here is NOT your doing?

hello10 said:

What do you mean they ditch the blur? The blur here is NOT your doing?

Hell No!!!
It's MS's crazy idea...
... and some psycho-babble explanation for it!

The translucent texture of this transient surface helps you focus on the sign-in task by moving the actionable controls up in the visual hierarchy while maintaining their accessibility.

Edwin said:

Hell No!!!
It's MS's crazy idea...
... and some psycho-babble explanation for it!

I know the wallpaper (the same pic) on my BOOT and LOCK-then-LOGON screens are NEVER blurred. Let me reboot now and check again if the wallpaper on the BOOT and then LOGON screens are clear or blurred.

Here's what I see on my system.

On cold boot, the wallpaper on the BOOT SCREEN is 100% clear.
If I touch a key or move the mouse, the LOGON SCREEN comes up. I know this screen with boxes for user name and password entries is laid over the wallpaper, so there may be some sort of blur BUT no more than 3% or... at most 5%. That means the wallpaper behind is still clear for me.

At the desktop, if I manually lock the screen, the LOCK SCREEN wallpaper is 100% clear.
Again, if I touch a key, the LOGON SCREEN comes up. I know this screen with box for password entry is laid over the wallpaper, so there may be some sort of blur BUT no more than 3% or... at most 5%. That means the wallpaper behind is still clear for me.