Windows – How to skip the Windows 8 lock screen image

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Every time I start up the pc or lock it manually and I want to log in again, I have to press random button or mouse click to remove the "Start-screen background". After that I can enter my password/pin to unlock the pc.

What I want is to just start enter the password/pin right away and be done with it. Why show a start-screen that's made for removing anyway?

So how do I skip the lock-screen image? Or make it automatically move away? Or move the password/pin box to the lock-screen? Anything will do, I just want to instantly enter my credentials and be done with it.

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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.

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You can try to use the Windows 8 Login Screen Capture tool there : http://www.technoarea.in/how-to-take-screenshot-of-windows-8-login-screen/

The website says that it makes possible take a screenshot of the lock screen, by pressing the Windows Key + L.

Enable Num Lock by Default on Windows 8 Logon Screen – How to

Before logon, Windows will ignore the BIOS numlock setting for security reasons. In addition, Windows does not use the registry setting for num lock until after login. If you need numlock on before that, see How to Set the NUM LOCK State at Logon in Windows XP (Article is about Windows XP, but works for Windows 7, as well - I assume it is the same for Windows 8).

To do this, put in numlock.vbs:

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"

Then set it to run for the logon screen using Group Policy. You just copy numlock.vbs into the Group Policy folder. The default path for a local logon script is %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy\User Computer\Scripts\Logon.

To get the script to run (quoted from http://support.microsoft.com):

Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK to start Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.

Click Add, click Group Policy, and then click Add.

Click the appropriate Group Policy Object. The default selection is the local computer, but you can click Browse and select a different Group Policy Object.

Click Finish, click Close, and then click OK.

In the Group Policy Management snap-in, locate the User Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts (Logon/Logoff) folder. (You can substitute the Computer Configuration folder for the User Configuration folder.)

Double-click the Logon script object, click Add, click Browse, and then click the Numlock.vbs script.

Click Open, and then click OK.

Click OK, and then close the Group Policy Management console.

You can set the num lock default in the registry, but it only applies after logging on.

This involves setting InitialKeyboardIndicators to 2 in [HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard].

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NB: Setting InitialKeyboardIndicators will not work on Windows 8 if you are signed in with a Microsoft Account. It only works with a local account.

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