Windows – How to get to the Windows 8 Lock Screen on Microsoft Surface

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I just got my Microsoft Surface Tablet. So far it rocks, but I would like to be able to get to the main screen that shows date/time and background image (or, the "Lock Screen"). Thus far I have only been able to get there by hitting the power button twice. Is there a way to get there without hitting the power button?

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This screen is called the "Lock Screen". It is shown when your computer is locked.

To lock your computer, you can:

Go to the start screen, click your name in the top-right corner, and choose "Lock".
Or, press Windows + L.

You can customize your lock screen through the "Personalize" settings page.

First activate the "Settings" Charm and choose "Change PC Settings":

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Then select the "Personalize" page:

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Copy this into a new .reg file and import it with regedit.exe:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization]
"NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001

This disables the LockScreen completely.

Windows – How to set screensaver for Lock Screen of Windows 8

Don't lock it manually...
Configure screensaver as usual and enable option "Require password on wakeup"

This is how the configuration will behave: After predefined time, screensaver will start. Then some time(define by you) later, the monitor go off. At any point of time after screensaver starts, if someone wakes up the screen, it will end up being lock screen.

I think this is what you need.

Now, if you are leaving your workstation and want to lock it, you could trigger the screensaver instead which will be equivalent to locking it. To trigger the screensaver, just create a shortcut to it.

You can use a neat utility MonitorES that does pretty much what you want: https://code.google.com/p/monitores/. It can automatically start the screensaver as soon as the screen is locked. It can also be run at startup.

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