Hello

How do I get rid of the stupid screen you are forced to click before you get to the login screen when you boot up Windows 8.1 ?

It's the very first screen you see after you boot. It has an ugly pattern of rings on it. It serves zero purpose. The "welcome" screen ??

Thanks

J

1. start Local Group Policy Editor by typing in command line:

gpedit.msc

2. then in LGPE on left side navigate to:

Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization

3. on right side change setting for "Do not display the lock screen" option to Enabled



• Edited by Andrew.Fr 16 hours 24 minutes ago

1. start Local Group Policy Editor by typing in command line:

gpedit.msc

2. then in LGPE on left side navigate to:

Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization

3. on right side change setting for "Do not display the lock screen" option to Enabled



• Edited by Andrew.Fr Saturday, May 09, 2015 2:58 PM

1. start Local Group Policy Editor by typing in command line:

gpedit.msc

2. then in LGPE on left side navigate to:

Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization

3. on right side change setting for "Do not display the lock screen" option to Enabled



• Edited by Andrew.Fr Saturday, May 09, 2015 2:58 PM

I typed CMD and then got:

C:\Windows\System32>gpedit.msc
'gpedit.msc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Now what? i.e. Where to I find gpedit.msc?

Then it seems you have Windows Home. All versions have it but Home. So you need to use registry in such a case.

1. In CMD type regedit

2. Then navigate to following branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization

(If you have no Personalization key then create it by r-clicking on preceding Windows key and choose New -> Key)

3. In Personalization key create new DWORD Value with the name of NoLockScreen and assign value of 1 to it.

See screenshot for reference:

Then it seems you have Windows Home. All versions have it but Home. So you need to use registry in such a case.

1. In CMD type regedit

2. Then navigate to following branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization

(If you have no Personalization key then create it by r-clicking on preceding Windows key and choose New -> Key)

3. In Personalization key create new DWORD Value with the name of NoLockScreen and assign value of 1 to it.

See screenshot for reference:

• Proposed as answer by MeipoXuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 1 hour 23 minutes ago