Change Background Picture of Lock Screen In Windows 8 :

One of the new features of Windows 8 is Lock Screen.

The Lock screen appears after boot your PC, or lock your PC or resume your PC from hibernation. The Lock screen is provide some basic and useful information such as battery percentage, date and time, network connectivity, and notification from apps.

To unlock the lock screen and enter to the logon screen where you enter the account password, either press a key on the keyboard or swipe the screen up using the mouse or with your finger if you are on a touch-screen device. Note that the Lock screen doesn’t provide any shut down options and you need to proceed to the logon screen to for these options.

Customization options for Lock Screen can be found under PC settings. At PC settings you can change the background picture of the lock screen, choose apps to show quick status and notifications. Additionally, you can also choose an app to display detailed status on the lock screen. This option comes in handy if you are the kind of person who prefers to see detailed information from calendar or weather app on the lock screen.

Here, I will show you how to customize the lock screen by changing the default background picture and adding more information on the screen.

How to change the lock screen background :

1 : Move the mouse cursor to the upper or lower right-corner of the screen to see the charms bar. You can also press Windows + C keys to bring up the charm bar. If you are on touch screen, swipe from the right-edge of the screen to display the charms bar.

2 : Click Settings on charms bar and then click Change PC settings to open PC settings.

3: Here at the left side, click Personalize in the navigation pane to see all available customization options .

4: At the Lock screen tab, to change the default background, click on a background picture provided below the Lock screen picture, or click on Browse button to browse a picture from your machine that you wish to see as lock screen background.