Windows 10: Change Lock Screen Background in Windows 10

Windows-Spotlight ?? Is it there or is it not? *Confused

I have upgrated 2 PC's. One with Windows 10 Home X64 and one with Windows 10 Pro x64. The Pro is now Cleaninstalled, while the Home is still as upgrated.

The Home installation HAS "Windows-spotlight" as an option in Lock screen.
The Pro installation does NOT have the "Windows-spotlight" as an option in Lock screen.

Does Windows-spotlight only work in Home editions? Or does it only work in upgrated versions and not in clean installations?

Or has I made some sort of error when clean-installing my Windows 10 Pro? *Redface

I'm confused about this.

 

Hello Burgurne,

That's correct. Windows spotlight is only available in the Windows 10 Home edition now. *Smile

 

Okay. Thanks for clearing that up. Then I don't have to look anymore for it.
Btw, do you know why it is not available in Pro?

 

I don't know 100%, but could be because Pro is aimed more for advanced users and businesses, they don't need it. It's only an assumption though. *Smile

 

It's strange, I still can't persuade the lock screen to appear in my main 10 Pro, but it works fine in my test 10 Pro (where I test all sorts of things including beta products)
I've tried and 'untried' all the fixes to no avail. It appeared exactly twice, never to be seen again seemingly. Indeed a mystery....LOL

 

Peter,

If you haven't already, you might see if you can find the image at the location in the yellow tip box below to copy over and use on the other PC.

Lock Screen - Background Image - Change in Windows 8

 

OK thanks will try later, am up to my neck with McAfee Forums (I'm Admin) - it's strange, Lock Screen settings are all correct. So will "fiddle" further.
Thanks again.

 

OK here's the anomaly......all the pics work as choices except the first one which for some reason I can't pick. Note the mixture of .jpg and .png, I find that odd.
I will now reboot to see if the lock screen works.

 

On that one system it doesn't work and I also notice that the contents of that section are different between my two Win 10's, I guess a sfc /scannow is in order perhaps.....on both....
On the one that works, there's only one lockscreen folder, with 1 image yet when I call up the settings there is a choice of pics, strange. That 1 image works.
On the one that doesn't work there are lockscreen folders a thru e and z, none work and none show up in the settings menu. I think maybe I need to repair that OS at least.

 

I'm starting to wonder if I can't change my lock screen wallpaper when connected to a domain is due to some 2003 server group policy. I can change it on a laptop that has windows 10 and I can change the desktop wallpaper. I can't find an answer to this yet.

 

Hello Gamer, *Smile

You'll need to ask your domain administrator what they have set.

 

I'd say clean install if you like. Upgrades always seem to introduce issues.

 

I see if I run setup from the 10 DVD when booted into that partition it offers to do a reinstallation opting to keep my Apps & Settings...would that be OK??

 

I'll give it a whirl soon and see if that helps.
Thanks Shawn. ;-)

 

No change, darn it. Oh well it's not the end of the world.