 Hello everybody! In this video, I'm going to show you how to disable welcome screen for a Windows operating system, how to configure, change and remove lock screen, and how to change a user's avatar in the sign-in screen. Hello friends! If you need to recover deleted data, view or restore removed browse in history. Hetman software products will help you. Follow the link in the description, download the necessary program for free, install it and analyze the disk. The utility will show you the data you can recover, so you will be able to view it or get it back. In our channel and blog, you will find solutions to any problem, from installing an operating system or configuring it to fixing possible bugs and errors or optimizing mobile gadgets. Our specialists will answer any questions you ask in your comments, under the videos or articles. Windows Control Devices developed a welcome screen back in the days of Windows 8. Some users like it, while others believe that having to enter the password is good enough. If you'd like to remove the welcome screen on your computer, in this video I'll show you several easy methods of doing it, so you'll be able to start your computer without any additional steps and get down to work at once. How to disable welcome screen For the first method, you need to open the Local Group Policy Editor. To do it, press the key shortcut Windows plus R and type gpedit.msc in the window that appears. Alternatively, right-click on the Start menu and select Run from the list. In the Local Group Policy Editor window that opens, go to the Tab Administrative Templates control panel, Personalization. Double-click on Do not display lock screen to open it and check the option Enabled. Then click OK. To check everything works fine, press the key shortcut Windows plus L. If the computer displays a window for entering the password, you have done everything right. Disable welcome screen with a registered editor. With the first method failed, try disabling the welcome screen with the help of the registered editor. To do it, open the Run window and type reggedit. In the menu on the left, follow the path. If there is no item with the name Personalization, create it by right-clicking on the Windows folder and choosing the corresponding line in the Context menu. In the right side of the window, put the cursor on the empty field and right-click. Select Create, Deword, set it to bit value, rename it into No lock screen, double-click on it, set its value data to 1 and then click OK. Check if this method works by using the same Windows plus L shortcut. Disable background picture at logon. If you like, you can also disable the background picture shown when you have to sign in. Go to Settings, Personalization, or right-click on the desktop and select Personalize. In the lock screen section, disable the option Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen by turning off the corresponding switch. Disable background picture with the registered editor. In order to remove the background picture at logon, follow the path. Here, create a Deword 32-bit value and name it as DisableLogonBackgroundImage. Set its value data to 1. However, if you need to remove the welcome screen and also configure your computer to logon automatically without having to enter a password, you should disable the lock screen. For this matter, you will have to remove the user account password. Also, remember to turn off the PIN if it's available. To have everything done, open Settings, Accounts, Sign-in Options, and remove the existing PIN. Check the link in the description to watch another video in our channel about removing a password. To change a user account password quickly, open the Run window and type the command NetPale with and uncheck the box next to Users must enter a username and password to use this computer. How to remove the lock screen in Windows 10 The lock screen is an application located in the following directory. C. Windows. System Apps. It can be removed, but wait a bit before you rush to remove it. Windows 10 will not disturb you in any way if there is no lock screen. It will just stop displaying it. Instead of removing the app, I recommend just renaming this folder by adding one more character to its name. Do it this way just in case you may want to restore things to their default condition. This section requires administrator rights. One simple step will be enough to stop seeing the lock screen every time, changing a user account picture in Windows 10. You can also modify the user's picture displayed in the sign-in screen. To do it, open Settings, Accounts, Your Info. In this section, create your picture, click on Browse for one and specify in the past to a photograph. If your device has a camera, select Camera and take a photo of yourself. Remove your avatar. If you need to remove this picture, open the File Explorer in the taskbar. If you don't see it there, click on the Start button and type Explorer or press the key shortcut Windows plus E. Follow this path. Give the name of your account instead of the words your name. If you have difficulties with finding the folder app data in the File Explorer, it could be hidden. Click View and check the box for hidden items to have all elements displayed. Then remove the user picture you don't want to use any longer. Select the lock screen and change background picture. To change the background, open Settings, Personalization. Go to lock screen. In the menu on the left, find the tab Background and change the current choice, Windows Sport Light, into Picture or Slideshow. If you want to see several pictures one after another in the Welcome screen instead of the only one. If you choose Picture in the tab Background, you will be able to select a particular photograph of the lock screen. Choose one of the default images offered by Windows or upload a picture you like. In the same section below, I recommend turning off Fun Facts, Tips and Tricks and switching on Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen. Actually, that is all you have to do. You don't need to restart your computer to check how the new background looks like. Just press the key shortcut Windows plus L. This is how easy you can change the lock screen background in Windows 10. It doesn't take any additional utilities to customize it to your taste. That is all for now. I hope you find this video useful. Hit the Like button and subscribe to our channel. Leave comments to ask questions. Thank you for watching. Good luck.