With the exception of domain-controlled computers where these options may be disabled for individual users, you can set the lock screen image as well as the login screen color for your user account: The color shown on this screen is the same color used for your Start Screen background. We will refer to this screen as the User Login Screen. If the same user were to log back into their account, they will be brought to a login screen with a solid color background that displays their account picture.
For the purposes of this document, this screen will be referred to as the User Lock Screen. By default, this is an illustrated image of the Seattle Space Needle. When a user is logged in but has locked their account, they will see a lock screen image. Knowing which screen you need to change can be quite confusing, owed in part to the variety of terms used to refer to them as well as the subtle differences between the two 'versions' of these two screens. Some of these screens are controlled by individual user accounts, while others are system-wide defaults.
This document explains how to change the background image for your lock screen(s) and the background color of your login screen(s) in Windows 8.įirst, it is important to understand the difference between the various lock and login screens in Windows 8.
