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Windows 10 All-In-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Windows 10 All-In-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Woody Leonhard
July 2018
Intermediate to advanced
960 pages
24h 50m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Changing the Lock and Login Screens

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Creating your own lock screen

check Putting apps on the lock screen

check Changing the way you log in

check Setting a picture password or PIN

check Avoiding logging in altogether

Windows presents three hurdles for you to clear before you can get down to work (or play, or whatever):

  • You have to get past the lock screen. That’s a first-level hurdle so your computer doesn’t accidentally get started, like the lock screen on a smartphone or an iPad.
  • If more than one person — one account — is set up on the computer, you have to choose which person will log in. I go into detail about setting up user accounts in Book 2, Chapter 4.
  • If a password’s associated with the account, you must type it into the computer. Windows allows different kinds of passwords, which are particularly helpful if you’re working on a touch-only tablet or a tiny screen like a telephone’s. But the idea’s the same: Unless you specifically set up an account without a password, ...
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