Windows 10: Windows 11 showing default/random wallpaper in lock screen during start up

Hi,So my Windows 11 showing default/random wallpaper in lock screen during start up and not the one I set. If I lock the screen after the start up it will show the wallpaper I set but whenever I start the laptop or restart, it shows another wallpaper. Please help me with this.Thank you

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unable to change the lock screen Wallpaper.

Hi,

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down to the issue.

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  What is the exact issue that you are facing?
  
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  Are you facing issues while trying to change the lock screen Wallpaper?
  
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  Are you not able to choose the directory where the wallpapers has been saved?
  

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to restart the computer and check if you are able to successfully change the lock screen wallpaper.

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  From Desktop, right click and select
  Personalize.
  
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  In Personalization window, click on
  Lock Screen in the left pane.
  
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  And choose wallpaper you would like to apply for the lock screen by choosing the browse option.
  
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  Close the Personalization window.
  

If the issue still persists, please do reply with the required information. We will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

start up screen windows 11

Hi, I'm Douglas. Welcome to the community. I'm happy to help you today

Follow these steps to change Windows 11 lock screen wallpaper

Probably your image was a Windows highlight check if this function is active

However, you can change the lock screen wallpaper in Windows 11 manually. So, in this article, we will share a step-by-step guide on how to change Windows 11 lock screen wallpaper. Let's check it out.

Step 1. First, click the "Start" button and click the "Settings" icon. Alternatively, you can press Windows key + I to open Settings directly.

Step 2. In the right pane, click on Personalization Option .

Step 3. Click an option "lock screen" on the right panel as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 4. Now, under Customize your lock screen, you will find three different options.

Windows Spotlight: Images are set automatically by Windows 11.

photo: This option lets you choose an image from Microsoft or an image from your collection.

Slideshow: This option allows you to select a folder that contains images. This option also changes wallpapers automatically at regular intervals.

Step 5. If you want to use your photo as your lock screen wallpaper, select “Browse photos” and browse the image.

I hope this information helps you, post the results again. We are available

Regards,

Douglas R.

 

[SOLVED] Changing the wallpaper on the BOOT, LOCK, and LOGON screens

Okay, it's like this.

My system had been showing the default Win 10 landscape wallpapers in all screens. Just recently, I decided to change them. I used Settings -> Personalization -> Lock Screen to replace the wallpaper using my own picture collection and set the same wallpaper for log-in (LOGON) screen. I manually locked my system to test it, no problem. When my system timed out, no problem. The new custom wallpaper was shown on both LOCK and LOGON screens. I thought that was it.

Then, every time I cold-booted, the system began showing the default Win 10 landscape wallpaper again. If I touched the mouse or keyboard, the LOGON screen popped up with the new custom wallpaper. From this point on until shutdown, if the system got locked manually or timed out, the new custom wallpaper was shown on the LOCK and LOGON screens all the time. If I shutdown the system and cold-booted, the default Win 10 landscape wallpaper came up again on (what I call) the BOOT screen. I repeated the Settings procedure many times, but it did not produce the result I wanted. I thought the picture or setting was stuck or it was a bug unique to my system/setup.

When I began looking for a solution on-line, I discovered my case was happening to others, too. Almost all of the solutions offered were about the same procedure mentioned above until I came across that of HeatherS1969. Because the last step ended on the Lock Screen settings page, I thought at first that the HeatherS1969 approach simply used a different starting point but was ultimately the same, but the follow-up by MichelleBryant-Thomas in the thread suggested that it worked. So, I carefully repeated the steps as instructed, and it fixed the issue.

Usual procedure:
Settings -> Personalization -> Lock Screen to replace the background picture

The HeatherS1969 approach:
Start -> click on account picture -> change account settings -> Sign-in options -> Related settings / Lock screen -> Lock Screen to replace the background picture

I use Classic Shell, so I'm not sure if the steps are the same for people who use the default Win 10 (Metro?) setup. In both procedures, one ends up on the Lock Screen settings page, but choice made through the HeatherS1969 approach actually changes the BOOT screen wallpaper.

I hope that clears things up for you.