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How to Enable Show Local Users on Sign-in Screen on Domain Joined Windows 10
By default, Windows 10 devices joined to Active Directory Domain Services (AD) do not display local user accounts on the sign-in screen. If you want to change the defaults and make local user accounts appear on the login screen, there are two methods you can use.
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How to Remove User Account Picture From Sign-in Screen in Windows 10
By default, Windows 10 assigns a barebones user avatar for every user account with a grey background and the user represented by white curves. You can get rid of that picture and have only your user name on the sign-in screen in Windows 10. Continue reading "Remove User Account Picture From Sign-in Screen in Windows 10"
Starting in Windows 10 "19H1", the sign-in screen shows its background image with the blur effect applied. Many users are not happy with this change. Starting with Windows 10 build 18312, there is a new Group Policy option that you can use to get rid of the acrylic blur effect feature on the sign-in screen background image.
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Starting in Windows 10 "19H1", the sign-in screen shows its background image with the blur effect applied. Many users are not happy with this change. Finally, Microsoft has provided a way to get rid of it.
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If you are a Winaero reader, you should already know that Windows 10 offers you different options to take a screenshot without using third party tools. In this article, we will see how to take a screenshot of the login screen.
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You can sign-in in Windows 10 using your user account automatically. After that, you won't have to type your password or pick a user from the login screen. Instead, you will see your Desktop directly. There are two methods to configure this feature.
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Many times after Windows 10 has installed updates, a restart is required to finish the update procedure. After a reboot, you will see the login screen which requires you to pick your user account and enter your password if required. Recent builds of Windows 10 allow you to sign in automatically to your user account after installing updates and restarting your PC. This useful feature can be configured in Settings.
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On Windows 10 login screen, there is a button which allows the user to reveal the password. If you have entered your password but are not sure if you entered it correctly, you can click this button with the eye icon at the end of the password text field to see the typed password. If you are not happy with this feature, here is how you can disable it.
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On the Windows 10 logon screen, there is an Ease of Access button. If you don't use it at all, you can reassign it to some useful app. In this article, we will show you how to do that. As an example, we will replace the Ease of Access functionality with Task Manager and Command Prompt. No system file modification is required; all you need is a simple Registry tweak.
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When Windows 10 starts, it shows you a login screen and prompts you for a password. If you have more than one user account in your OS, you will be able to click the user image of the account you want and then enter the account password. Instead, you can make Windows 10 ask you to type the user name too and then the password at the log on screen. It is a good security and privacy measure. Here is how it can be done.
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