8.17 Turn your Lock Screen into a Slideshow

The Windows Lock Screen appears prior to logging into your PC. This is the screen you have to, effectively, swipe out of the way to reveal the Microsoft Log On page - well that is assuming you haven't previously disabled the lock screen in the Windows registry. (see Disable the Windows Lock Screen if you wish to completely disable the lock screen.)

You can, of course, quite easily change the lock screen picture simply by making the changes in the Windows Settings.

However, what if you want your lock screen picture to change on a regular basis? For this you need to create a slideshow.

To do this proceed as follows:

From the Charms Bar, Click on the Settings option.
At the bottom of the Settings Window, Click on the Change PC Settings option.

Fig: 8.17.1 Windows Settings screen
On the PC Settings screen you can either Click directly on the Lock Screen image or Click on the PC and Devices option to open the Lock Screen options window.

Fig: 8.17.2 Click on either the Lock Screen picture or the PC and Devices option
If you simply clicked on the Lock Screen picture the lock screen options will now be displayed. The PC and Devices option on the left of the Settings screen will, by default, display the Lock Screen options as this is the first option on the PC and Devices menu list.
Look beneath the picture preview of your Lock Screen and you should see an option switch marked Play a slideshow on the lock screen.

Fig: 8.17.3 Use the slider to turn the Play a slideshow on the lock screen option to On
By default Play a slideshow on the lock screen option is in the OFF position.
To turn the Play a slideshow on the lock screen option ON, Click your mouse on the right hand side of the OFF box.
The option box will now display the word ON.

Fig: 8.17.4 The slideshow option is turned on
The slideshow pictures are, by default, sourced from either the Pictures folder on your PC or, alternatively, the Pictures folder on your Cloud Based OneDrive drive. There is also an option to use the Camera Roll folder either on your PC or, again, on your Cloud based OneDrive facility.
If you wish to use an alternative folder to supply your slideshow pictures you can do this by clicking the Add Folder button situated in the Use Pictures From section of the Lock Screen preview window.
After you have set your slideshow up, the next time you use the Lock Screen a different picture will appear as your Lock Screen based upon the pictures in your Pictures folder or any additional folders you have stipulated.