How To Disable Lock Screen In Windows 8

Disable Lock Screen In Windows 8 :

The lock screen is one of the new features introduced in Windows 8.

The lock screen is the first screen that you see after the boot. While lock screen displays date & time, network, battery status by default, Users can customize the lock screen by adding notifications and changing default lock screen background.

After show the Lock screen, users need to move on to the logon screen (the next screen that appears when you press the enter key on lock screen) to enter the account password.





Even though the lock screen is looks pretty good, if you want to disable it so that you can quickly move to the Start screen or desktop. When you disable the lock screen, you will see the logon screen instead of the lock screen.
To do this follow the instructions :

Method 1: Works on Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise editions only (other edition don’t support Group Policy Editor).

 1: Switch to desktop and press Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog box. In the box, type gpedit.msc and press enter key to open Group Policy Editor.

2 : At the Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> and finally Personalization.

 3: At the right side double-click on the option named Do not display the lock screen to see its properties.

 4: At this window, select Enabled and click Apply button. You are done!

 

Method 2: Works on all Windows 8 editions except Windows RT.

 1: At the Run dialog box (use Windows + R keys to open Run dialog box), type Regedit.exe and press enter key to open Registry Editor. Click Yes for the UAC prompt.

 

2: Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Policies -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion
 

3: Look for Personalization option under CurrentVersion, and if doesn’t exist, create Personalization key.

 

4: Now, on the right side of Personalization key, create a new DWORD value named NoLockScreen.

5. After done, double-click on NoLockScreen to enter its properties and set its value 1 to disable the lock screen (0 to enable the lock screen). Close Registry Editor. Its done.

Thank You.