How to Turn On or Off Show Lock Screen Background on Sign-in Screen in Windows 10
Starting in Windows 10 build 14279, you can now select to show your lock screen background picture on your sign-in screen background.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to show lock screen background on the sign-in screen for your account in Windows 10.
If you turn on Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen, then you will need to make sure that you have Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing checked in your visual effects settings to prevent the lock screen background from not displaying properly.
The registry DWORD value for the Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen setting is located below. The registry key path will vary for <your account's SID key>.
The DWORD value and key below will not be in the registry until after you make a change in Settings below at least once.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SystemProtectedUserData\<your account's SID key>\AnyoneRead\LockScreen
HideLogonBackgroundImage DWORD
0 = On
1 = Off
EXAMPLE: Sign-in screen
Here's How:
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon.
2 Click/tap on Lock screen on the left side, and turn on (default) or off Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen on the right side. (see screenshot below)
The Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen setting will not be available if you disabled the sign in screen background image.
3 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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