Hello Friends,
Similar issue was solved in this topic: http://www.eightforums.com/customization/33591-problem-changing-windows-8-1-lock-screen-image.html but it was only "similar". Let me descrive:
I made a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (system was not preinstalled on my Dell Vostro). I set bitlocker, biometrics (fingerprint logon), I choosed LOCK SCREEN and everything worked fine. Until Windows 8.1 Update 1 was installed from Windows Update.
After this update, my lock screen is black. It seems not to be corrupted, because I have all 4 icons (at left-bottom there are two icons - WiFi and something, at right bottom there are two icons - keyboard language and power). Nothing more except an arrow in a circle in the left side of the place where normally there should be an user name and password field.
If I swipe finger on fingerprint reader, I'm logged into desktop without any issues. Everything works normally, except that I cannot change Logon Screen and Lock Screen.
If I go to personalize, I can pick up any image and it is being show in my personalization preview, but even after restart the logon and lock screens are black, like this image is not applied to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData (but I temporary replaced ownership and checked - new Lockscreen_B and _C and _D are created with the correct image when I change image to a different one). I rolled back ownership to SYSTEM.
I googled out everything I could: SFC /SCANNOW, Dism with three different parameters, I made some adjustments in registry (rolled back after they did not work). I even reinstalled graphic drivers, but no change. All updates installed. Everything works correctly except logon and lock screen. They were working fine before big Update 1.
Any ideas how to deal with it? Even 3rd party software to customize logon screen and lock screen changes nothing. Of course all changes I tried to make as an admin (from cmd), normally my account is the only one account on this PC (with admin rights), it is a non-domain account, it's a Live account (logged by the @outlook.com email).
There are bitlocker and fingerprint reader apps running, but even if I uninstall them there is no change. Should I uninstall Update 1?
Kind regards,
Zbigniew
Similar issue was solved in this topic: http://www.eightforums.com/customization/33591-problem-changing-windows-8-1-lock-screen-image.html but it was only "similar". Let me descrive:
I made a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (system was not preinstalled on my Dell Vostro). I set bitlocker, biometrics (fingerprint logon), I choosed LOCK SCREEN and everything worked fine. Until Windows 8.1 Update 1 was installed from Windows Update.
After this update, my lock screen is black. It seems not to be corrupted, because I have all 4 icons (at left-bottom there are two icons - WiFi and something, at right bottom there are two icons - keyboard language and power). Nothing more except an arrow in a circle in the left side of the place where normally there should be an user name and password field.
If I swipe finger on fingerprint reader, I'm logged into desktop without any issues. Everything works normally, except that I cannot change Logon Screen and Lock Screen.
If I go to personalize, I can pick up any image and it is being show in my personalization preview, but even after restart the logon and lock screens are black, like this image is not applied to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData (but I temporary replaced ownership and checked - new Lockscreen_B and _C and _D are created with the correct image when I change image to a different one). I rolled back ownership to SYSTEM.
I googled out everything I could: SFC /SCANNOW, Dism with three different parameters, I made some adjustments in registry (rolled back after they did not work). I even reinstalled graphic drivers, but no change. All updates installed. Everything works correctly except logon and lock screen. They were working fine before big Update 1.
Any ideas how to deal with it? Even 3rd party software to customize logon screen and lock screen changes nothing. Of course all changes I tried to make as an admin (from cmd), normally my account is the only one account on this PC (with admin rights), it is a non-domain account, it's a Live account (logged by the @outlook.com email).
There are bitlocker and fingerprint reader apps running, but even if I uninstall them there is no change. Should I uninstall Update 1?
Kind regards,
Zbigniew
