Windows 10: Lock screen not showing username

Discus and support Lock screen not showing username in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; (Windows 10 1909) When I lock screen from my current login, my username is not displayed to indicate that i am currently using the PC. It is now... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by link, May 23, 2020.

  1. link Win User

    Lock screen not showing username


    (Windows 10 1909)
    When I lock screen from my current login, my username is not displayed to indicate that i am currently using the PC. It is now showing username as blank.

    When someone else tried to login using another credential, it is not able to and there is a prompt that the PC is being lock but it did not state which username lock the PC.

    I have enabled "Do not display last username in Logon Screen" policy as I do not want last username to be displayed when no one has login to the PC.

    I have set "User display name" for "Display user information when the session is locked"

    How do I show the username that is currently locking the PC?

    :)
     
  2. dacrone Win User

    different lock screen and sign in screen?

    Step 2b is labeled as Change the Login Screen Image, but the steps show you how to change the Lock Screen image. Step 2a is irrelevant. It only tells you how to change the desktop background.

    What I want to do:
    Set Spotlight as the LOCK Screen Image(s) - Done
    Set the Win 10 Hero Image as the SIGN IN Screen Image - This is the one that shows after you click on the lock screen and you are able to type your password. If I uncheck "Show Lock Screen Image on Sign In Screen", it shows a solid blue background behind my Password box and user image. This is what I want to change to the Hero Image....
     
    dacrone, May 23, 2020
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  3. Windows Spotlight - Lock Screen image will not show on Sign-In Screen

    Hi Bastet and Paul Black,

    Thanks for such a quick response! I had tried the steps involved in Brink's tutorial already (both manually and running the .bat file, just in case), but I've given them one more try just to see if it worked - no luck, I'm afraid! While Spotlight itself works on the Lock screen, as soon as I press a key to move to the Sign-In screen to enter my PIN, it changes back to a plain flat-colour background - and that's even with "Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen" enabled under Personalization.

    If I set this to 'disabled', the Spotlight image shows on the Lock screen but not the Sign-In screen.
    If I set it to enabled, both Lock and Sign-In show as a plain flat-colour background.


    Hi Dalchina,

    Thanks for this suggestion as well - I've tried this too (both enabling and disabling the registry key). It seems to get me one step closer. If I create and set 'DisableLogonBackgroundImage' to '1' under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System, then the outcome of "Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen" under Personalization seems to have a different effect. Regardless of whether "Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen", the Spotlight image shows on the Lock screen. However, it still doesn't show on the Sign-In page. That's still just a solid colour.

    Do I want DisableLogonBackgroundImage to be 0 or 1? I guessed 1 as I figured that was a 'disable' key - kind of like a double negative Lock screen not showing username :)

    And with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SystemProtectedUserData\<your account's SID key>\AnyoneRead\LockScreen, there's the HideLogonBackgroundImage key - which I guess should be set to 0?

    I feel like it's just got to be one darn registry key somewhere to fix this, but I've got no idea where to look!

    Apologies - I know this is all very trivial but it's irritated me enough that it's getting personal now *Wink
     
    musiclover99, May 23, 2020
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  4. weisenbr Win User

    Lock screen not showing username

    Username for lock screen

    When I downloaded Windows 10 it change my username for my login/lock screen to my account name. How do you change it back to just saying my username?
     
    weisenbr, May 23, 2020
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