Windows 10: Windows 10 Frozen on Lockscreen without Password Bar

Hello!


My Windows 10 computer is stuck on the homescreen. If I were able to enter safe mode or restart it then I wouldnt be posting here; but I do not even have the option to do so. The password bar does mot appear, niether does my profile icon, the connection status, the power button, etc. I cannot type anything in, all I can see is the background, and my mouse is still able to move. I would like to find some way to fix this issue without having to completely restart my computer and potentially loose all my stuff. I have not downloaded anything recently, and I have not gone on any suspicious websites. The last thing I did with my computer was add some of my school project documents to a Google Drive and watch Youtube videos before going to bed, and I woke up to it being this way (when I was adding the documents to a Google Drive, an update message appeared. I set it to later since I didn’t want to wait to finish my work).


Is there anything I can do? What should I do? Does anyone know what could be causing this?


Thank you!

-Kat

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Lockscreen without password

Correct. I switched to a local account with no password.

The only other thing I can suggest is, create a photo screensaver with your desired image, then turn off screensaver settings. Then, navigate to "C:\Windows\System32\PhotoScreensaver.scr" and create a shortcut to the 'PhotoScreensaver.scr' file and pin it to your taskbar or quick launch and click it to engage:





EDIT: Mind you, it won't be the Lock Screen with the date and time on it though! *Wink

 

Computer is frozen at password page

Original title: frozen laptop.

I have upgraded to windows 10.it seemed to work well.when i tried it again this am it has frozen at the password page.any suggestions.

 

Lockscreen without password

Thank you again Edwin, I've tried what you suggested. But the only thing that happens is that the display turns off. The lockscreen isn't affected at all. I can lock the computer on demand with Win+L key if I want, but the issue remains: Windows asks me for the password.

Smartphones with Android, that are more at risk of theft or security issues allow you to disable password if you want to. But this is a home computer. I begin to think Microsoft took the definition of "lockscreen" in the strongest way.

EDIT: I do not have a "Sign in" button. I have a text field for password insertion. Maybe you do not have set up a password at all?