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Windows 10 9926 has a new hidden login screen, here is how to enable it
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<blockquote data-quote="Petrovic" data-source="post: 339677" data-attributes="member: 7767"><p>If you want to enable this feature in your install of Windows 10, it's quite easy, if you know how to tweak the registry. <span style="color: #ff0000">With that being said, only proceed if you have experience adding values to the registry because if you do this incorrectly, it can break your install of Windows 10.</span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://community.webroot.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18472i58BECFD20DCE9776/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Follow the steps below to enable the new login screen in Windows 10 build 9926:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Open Regedit.exe</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\TestHooks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Double click on 'Threshold' and change the value to 1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Close Regedit.exe</li> </ul><p>After making the edit, you can go back to the login screen and see the updated visuals that include a new location for the lock-screen icons and a round user icon too. There does not appear to be any significant new functionality yet, but it's clear the UI elements have been updated when compared to Windows 8.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-9926-has-a-new-hidden-login-screen-here-is-how-to-enable-it" target="_blank">Full Article</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petrovic, post: 339677, member: 7767"] If you want to enable this feature in your install of Windows 10, it's quite easy, if you know how to tweak the registry. [COLOR=#ff0000]With that being said, only proceed if you have experience adding values to the registry because if you do this incorrectly, it can break your install of Windows 10.[/COLOR] [IMG]https://community.webroot.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18472i58BECFD20DCE9776/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1[/IMG] Follow the steps below to enable the new login screen in Windows 10 build 9926: [LIST] [*]Open Regedit.exe [*]Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\TestHooks [*]Double click on 'Threshold' and change the value to 1 [*]Close Regedit.exe [/LIST] After making the edit, you can go back to the login screen and see the updated visuals that include a new location for the lock-screen icons and a round user icon too. There does not appear to be any significant new functionality yet, but it's clear the UI elements have been updated when compared to Windows 8. [URL='http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-9926-has-a-new-hidden-login-screen-here-is-how-to-enable-it']Full Article[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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