{"id":9320,"date":"2017-05-02T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2017-05-02T11:12:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:12:51","slug":"show-or-disable-sign-in-background-picture-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/show-or-disable-sign-in-background-picture-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Show or Disable Sign-in Background Picture in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows 10 will show a flashy background picture on the sign-in screen, where you type your password. If you&#8217;d rather use a flat color instead of a background image, you can remove the sign-in background image easily. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple ways to show or disable sign-in background picture in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Show or Disable Sign-in Background Picture from Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app, and then click <strong>Personalization<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Personalization.png\" alt=\"Personalization\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8873\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Lock screen<\/strong> on the left-hand side. Scroll down until you see <strong>Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen<\/strong>. Toggle this setting to <strong>Off<\/strong> if you want to disable sign-in background picture.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/show-lock-screen-background-image-at-signin.png\" alt=\"show-lock-screen-background-image-at-signin\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9322\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, log out or restart your PC. Instead of the default black and blue Windows 10 wallpaper on the sign-in screen, you&#8217;ll see the solid color matching your theme.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/disable-login-background-picture.png\" alt=\"disable-login-background-picture\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9326\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Show or Disable Sign-in Background Picture Using Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows key + R keyboard shortcut and then typing <strong>regedit<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/regedit.png\" alt=\"regedit\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9183\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Browse to the following registry location:<br \/>\n\t<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System<\/code><\/p>\n<p>\tRight-click on the <strong>System<\/strong> key on the left side, and then select <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/create-dword-value.png\" alt=\"create-dword-value\" width=\"550\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9323\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Label this new DWORD <strong>DisableLogonBackgroundImage<\/strong>, and then double-click it to modify.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/disable-logon-background-image.png\" alt=\"disable-logon-background-image\" width=\"589\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9324\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Under the <strong>Value data<\/strong> box, type 1 and click <strong>OK<\/strong>. This will disable the sign-in screen background image. (To enable the default Windows 10 sign-in background picture, change this value back to 0.)\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/edit-dword-value.png\" alt=\"edit-dword-value\" width=\"331\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9325\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor and restart your computer. You should have solid color instead of background image when Windows boots to the sign-in screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, Windows 10 will show a flashy background picture on the sign-in screen, where you type your password. If you&#8217;d rather use a flat color instead of a background image, you can remove the sign-in background image easily. 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