

You can have one app provide a detailed status report the rest will display quick status reports. Apps that can display these reports include Calendar, Mail, and Weather. If you want your lock screen to be more functional, you can have it display status reports for up to eight apps. (You will not see this slider if the “Background” option is set to “Windows spotlight”.)


If you do not want ads on your lock screen or you would rather have it display one of your own pictures or a slideshow of them, you can customize the background image. You won’t be able to remove the ads from the lock screen. Leaving the lock screen at this default “Windows spotlight” setting is nice if you want to see a new image every day. Windows chooses the photo, but you can have it display images that better meet your personal taste by using the “Like what you see?” feedback tool located on the lock screen. Add information about the status of certain appsīy default, Windows will display a new image on the lock screen every day.Remove the ads that are displayed by default.With a few simple tweaks, you can make this screen more visually appealing and more functional.

The lock screen is the first thing you see after you launch Windows 10 or wake it up from sleeping.
