As a Windows user, you’d probably be signing in to your PC a few times every day.
Let’s explore how.
Don’t Like Signing In With a Blurry Image?
This is the Acrylic Blur Effect, a part of Microsoft’s Fluent Design that is enabled by default.
To do that on Windows 10 and 11:
That’s it.
To check it without restarting your machine, press theWin + Lkeys together.
The Lock screen will appear.
Then hit the Lock screen, and thesign-inscreen will show up.
If everything worked out, your view won’t get blurred out when you sign in.
There are a few other ways to turn off Transparency effects.
However, you should be cautious while editing the registry andit’s better if you enable automatic registry backups.
If something goes wrong, you might restore Windows to normal with a good backup.
Value data 0means that the Acrylic Blur Effect is on.
ChangingValue datato1will suspend the blur effect on the sign-in screen.
You will see the clear image when you sign in again or just pressWin + Lkeys to see it.
For that first, you gotta set up the picture on the Lock screen.
Here’s how:
Right-choose your desktop and selectPersonalizefrom the menu.
InPersonalizationsettings, chooseLock screen.
On Windows 10, under theBackgroundtab, you will get three options:Windows spotlight,Picture, andSlideshow.
On Windows 11, the three options will be underPersonalize your lock screen.
ChooseWindows spotlightfor beautiful images that display automatically.
ClickBrowseto upload an image from your PC and click onChoose picture.
If you want pictures from your favorite album displayed randomly, selectSlideshow.
To add the album, selectAdd a folderand selectChoose this folder.
For better results, openAdvanced slideshow settingsto set your preferences.
Now the lock screen images will show up on the sign-in screen.
