Windows 8 Bible

Changing Your Account Picture

One final change you’ll probably want to make that affects both the Lock Screen and the Start screen is your account picture. For example, maybe you want to use your Xbox avatar as your account picture.

Note

If you have linked your Microsoft account (formerly Windows Live ID) to your Windows account, the picture associated with your Microsoft account is used automatically for your account picture. If you change the account picture in Windows 8, that change also updates your Windows account picture.

After you have the image you want to use as your account picture, open the Charms Bar, click or tap Settings, and click or tap Change PC Settings to open the PC Settings app. Click or tap Personalize, and then click or tap Account Picture. The Account Picture page shows your currently assigned picture, if any. To choose a different one, click or tap Browse, choose an image, and click or tap Choose Image to apply the new image.

Tip

If you want to use your Xbox avatar for your Microsoft or Windows account image, go to http://live.xbox.com/en-US/AvatarEditor, click Gamer Picture, and then create and save your gamer pic. After your gamer pic appears beside your account name on the Xbox.com site, you can right-click the image and choose Save Background As to save the image to your computer.