Windows 10: Beach-Cave Login Screen

Hi all,

When I start my PC, i.e. from an off state as opposed to wake from sleep or hibernation, the first image I always see is that of a beach-cave photo. I would like to change this. To be clear, I'm not referring to the lock-screen image; I'm referring to the pre-login image. Does anyone know how to change it? It's driving me crazy...

Thanks!
PT

:)

 

Windows anniversary welcome screen

Since updating to anniversary edition, I find welcome screen is stuck on "cave, beach" picture and the profile picture is blank. I chose not to use a password to login before, and would like to continue as such.

 

Windows 10 stuck on PRE-logon screen.

Hardware is a custom build, OS is Win-10. It's been running for a good 3 years with no issues.

The "net user" command worked, but can't login as Admin because it still won't go to the login screen: it's stuck as Pre-login screen.

Is there not a way, from the command line in recovery mode, to tell Windows to skip the "beach from a cave" screen entirely and go right to login?

 

Hello PT, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

The screen that shows before the sign-in screen is the lock screen.

There's the lock screen for your account.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

There's also a CTRL+ALT+DEL secure sign-in lock screen if enabled.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

 

Thanks for the feedback. I think there may be some confusion (likely on my part). I suppose technically, I see three different backgrounds.
1) When I start my PC (from a power off state), it loads to a picture of a beach, as if shot from a cave.
2) When I click a key or a mouse button, the image changes - the background image is a dark blue, with a window through which light is emitted. Overlaid upon that image is the pic I chose for my account and a place to enter in my access pin.
3) If after I'm logged in, I choose to lock my PC, I see a random Windows Spotlight image.

I'm attempting to change #1. Is that possible? If so, what are the directions? Thanks!

 

1 and 3 would be your lock screen. What do you have set in Settings for you lock screen?

2 would be your sign-in screen.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

 

My settings for Lock Screen, Background is "Windows Spotlight". Once I'm logged in, the lock screen (#3) works as I would expect it to - the image changes over time, per the Spotlight choice. #1 is always the beach photo.

 

Do you have another account on the PC that the Beach Cave could be set as its lock screen?

By default, Windows will show the lock screen of the last user at startup.

 

Not of which I'm aware. When I go to Control Panel --> User Accounts --> Manage Accounts, I only see one account - the account that I use, which is an "Administrator" account. Thoughts?

 

As a test, set to use a different picture for your lock screen, and restart the computer to see what is used afterwards.

 

Ok. That did the trick. Apparently I misunderstood the prior guidance. By changing the lock screen to a static picture, and changing that picture from the beach photo, then restarting, I was able to change the login screen. After changing the lock screen back to Spotlight, the static image I chose previously persisted as the new login screen. The beach photo is gone!

Thanks very much for the assistance!

 

Great news. I'm glad that was able to toggle it for you. *Party

 

I hadn't noticed but, the 'Lock Screen', in it's present form, on Build 14295, pertains to nothing more than the manual lock, (WinKey+L)

 

My sign-in worked as expected for a few weeks after installation. Now it is a static picture. And yes I can change it with some tricks, but it remains a static picture and spotlight is used only as lock screen. I have selected that the spotlicht picture should be used for sign-in picture as well, but that stopped working and no solution posted on internet - and believe me there are a lot of them.

 

Same trouble as both me, Bree and DoogIe it seems. ock screen is set to be same as background image (Spotlight) but on a cold boot, it is the cave picture. Very annoying as the tips/tweaks do not work.