![]() Since the Lock screen can remain visible on the screen for a while, Microsoft has made it easy for you to change that background image to whatever you choose. If you dismiss the Lock screen to reveal the Sign-in screen, but do not enter a password within 30 seconds, the Lock screen reappears. In Windows 8, you immediately see the Lock screen when you turn on the PC. Because it could possibly remain visible for a while, people wanted to be able to change the background so that they would have something interesting to look at while the Logon screen was showing. Now, in Windows 7 when you turned on the PC, you immediately saw the Logon screen and it remained on the screen until you typed your password. Figure A When you enter Windows 8, you see the Lock screen followed by the Sign-in screen. When you turn on a Windows 8 system, you first see the Lock screen, which prominently displays the time and date, and then you see the Sign-in screen, which displays the user account(s) and prompts you to enter a password. To begin with there are actually two screens that you see when you enter Windows 8 and neither of them is actually called the Logon screen. Well, recently I’ve been hearing from readers wondering if there was a way to change the logon screen background in Windows 8. In Change and customize Windows 7’s Logon screen wallpaper, I showed you how to do it by editing the registry and in An awesome tool for customizing the Windows 7 Logon screen wallpaper, I showed you how to do it with the Windows 7 Logon Background Changer. In the past I wrote a couple of articles about changing the Logon screen wallpaper in Windows 7 and it appeared to be a very popular topic. ![]() Personalizing backgrounds in Windows 8 takes a bit of effort, but it can be done. ![]()
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