In Windows 10, the lock screen is the screen that you see right after the boot screen. In fact, on most PCs (PCs with decent to high-end config), it’s the first screen that you see after resuming from hibernation and sleep. We know that the Windows 10 lock screen displays date, time, battery icon and […]
Get Windows 10’s Dynamic Lock Feature In Windows 7/8.1
With Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft has introduced a new feature called Dynamic Lock. The Dynamic Lock feature enables you configure Windows 10 to automatically lock the PC when you walk away from it. What’s is Dynamic Lock feature in Windows 10? The new lock feature requires you pair a phone with Windows 10 PC […]
How To Automatically Lock Windows 10 PC When You Walk Away
We all know that there is a provision in the Windows operating system to automatically lock the PC when it’s idle or inactive for a certain amount of time. The option, when enabled and configured, automatically locks your Windows PC after a pre-defined period of inactivity. Although the method is useful to some extent, it […]
Automatically Lock Your Windows 10 PC When You Are Away
As a security precaution, it’s always a good idea to configure your Windows 10 PC to automatically get locked when you are away from your PC. Windows 10, like earlier versions, supports locking PC using Windows logo + L keyboard shortcut but most users don’t use this nifty feature when moving away from their PCs. […]
How To Skip Lock And Login Screen In Windows 10
Windows 10 offers a couple of ways to protect your account and data. You can set a password, create a PIN to sign in, use a picture password, use your face or iris as a password, or you can use your fingerprint as a password. Protecting your account and data with a strong password or […]
Disable Lock Screen In Windows 10 Anniversary Update (1607)
In Windows 10 1511 and earlier versions, turning off or disabling the lock screen was possible though Group Policy and Registry. However, there was no such option under the Settings app or Control Panel. Starting with Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607), Microsoft has removed the ability to turn off or disable Windows 10 lock […]
Know Where A Windows Spotlight Picture Was Taken
We have been literally asked tens of times to explain how to know the location where a Windows 10 spotlight picture was taken. Users had been asking this question ever since the release of Windows 10 back in July 2015, but there was no perfect solution. If you’re reading this article, you likely know what […]
Fix: Windows Spotlight Is Missing From Windows 10
Windows spotlight is a new feature introduced with Windows 10. The spotlight feature, when turned on, displays the latest Bing homepage picture as your Windows 10 lock screen background. The spotlight feature can also be configured to display pictures from a specific category by clicking I want more or Not a fan option on the […]
How To Download Windows 10 Spotlight Lock Screen Pictures
Sometime back, we discussed the new spotlight feature introduced with Windows 10, and how to save those gorgeous spotlight lock screen images without the help of third-party utilities. The manual method of saving spotlight lock screen images is relatively easy but requires navigating to Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Packages\ Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\ LocalState\Assets folder, and then manually changing file extensions to […]
How To Save Windows Spotlight Lock Screen Pictures In Windows 10
In one of our previous articles titled how to turn Windows Spotlight lock screen on or off in Windows 10, we discussed what Windows Spotlight is and how to turn on or off it. After going through the article, a reader has asked us how to save these Windows Spotlight pictures featured on the lock […]