Windows 10: disable lock screen

If you want to go directly to the login under Windows 10, you can deactivate the lock screen. We'll show you how it works.

Disable lock screen on Windows 10

For some versions of Windows 10, this guide no longer works. So if you have any problems, try the steps in the last paragraph.

1. Simultaneously press the key combination [Windows] and [R], so that the "Run" window opens.
2. Enter the command "gpedit.msc" and confirm with "OK". The group policy editor then starts.
3. Then navigate to the category "Administrative Templates" as well as "Control Panel" and "Customization" under "Computer Configuration" on the left.
4. If you double-click the "Do not show lock screen" option on the right with the mouse, another window opens.
5. At the top left, select the "Activated" option and save the change using the "OK" button.
6. If you restart your computer, the start screen is no longer displayed.

Windows 10: Turn off lock screen

1. Open the Run dialog with the key combination [Windows] and [R].
2. Enter the "regedit" command and click "OK". Then the registry editor starts.
3. Now switch to the path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Policies / Microsoft / Windows" on the left.
4. Select the "Windows" key, right-click on a free area on the right-hand side and select "Key" under "New".
5. Name the new key "Personalization", right-click again in a free area and select the option "DWORD value (32-bit)".
6. Enter the name "NoLockScreen" for the value, open the value with a double click and change it from "0" to "1".
7. Finally, close both windows and restart Windows. The start screen has now disappeared.

Windows 10: Trouble with the lockscreen

• The above tricks are well known to Microsoft. Again and again, these paths are closed by registry changes via update. Therefore, the tips may not work for you.
• The only permanent solution is automatic logging into Windows. However, then you will lose the password protection for your user account.
• Tip: The lock screen is also deactivated with the free "LockScreen Disabler". However, this only works if you lock the computer using the [Windows] and [L] keys. However, the lock screen still appears when Windows starts. There is currently no other solution for this.

The experts in the CHIP forum will answer any further questions you may have about Microsoft Windows 10.