You can customize the Login Screen Background on your Windows 10 computer by using a Picture, Slideshow of Images or Photos automatically selected by Windows Spotlight search.
When you allow Windows Spotlight to set the Login screen background on your computer, you will find photos from Bing Search appearing on the Login screen.
The Slideshow option allows add your favourite photos to the Slideshow Album and rotate them as the Login Screen background on your computer.
In general, most users prefer to show a stationary photo as the Login Screen background, as it consumes the least amount of resources.
Change Login Screen Background in Windows 10
You can follow the steps below to change the Login Screen Background on your Windows computer by using a Photo, Slideshow and Images from Windows Spotlight search.
1. Go to Settings > Personalization.
2. On the next screen, select Lock screen in the left-pane. In the right-pane, click use the down arrow to select the type of Background that you want to use.
As you can see from above image, you can select from the following 3 types of Lock Screen Backgrounds.
- Windows Spotlight: Automatically selects and displays pictures from Bing on the Lock Screen.
- Picture: Allows you to select any photo as Lock Screen background.
- Slideshow: Allows you to show multiple pictures from a slideshow album.
3. If you select Picture as the Background type, you can select stock pictures available under “Choose your Picture” section or click on Browse to select any Photo Located on the Desktop or any other location on your computer.
If you select Spotlight from the drop-down menu, Windows will automatically select and show photos from Bing.
If you select Slideshow, you can click on Add a Folder option and designate a Folder containing photos to be used for the Slideshow.
Next, you can click on Advanced Slideshow Settings to include Camera Roll pictures and images from OneDrive for the Slideshow on the Login Screen on your computer.
4. After completing above steps, scroll down and enable Show Lock Screen Background Picture on the Sign-in screen option by moving the slider to ON position.
Enabling this option makes your selected Background Image appear on both the Lock Screens of your computer.
The First Login screen is where you can see the List of all User Accounts on your computer and the Second Login screen is where you are prompted to enter the Password for your User Account.
5. After selecting your desired Login Screen background, make sure that your Restart the computer.
Slideshow Option Not Working?
During our testing, the slideshow option was not working properly. If you encounter the same error, simply restart your device and this should fix the problem.