{"id":42849,"date":"2013-04-03T17:08:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T17:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=42849"},"modified":"2013-04-03T17:08:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T17:08:51","slug":"can-i-change-my-windows-8-lock-screen-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/can-i-change-my-windows-8-lock-screen-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Change My Windows 8 Lock Screen Image?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>Can I Change My Windows 8 Lock Screen Image?<\/h3>\n<p>By Dave Taylor<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\"><strong>The Question:<\/strong>Every time I power up my Windows 8 system, I&#8217;m looking at an image of some weird tall building against a weird green landscape. I have no idea what it is. I want to change it. How do I change my lock screen wallpaper in Win8, Dave?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave&#8217;s Answer: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can definitely change it, and Windows 8 comes with five different images if you don&#8217;t want to select your own, but you can also pick any image you want and it will just stretch and resize as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Before I show you how to do it, let&#8217;s talk about that image, because it&#8217;s actually a pretty famous landmark in Seattle, Washington, home of Microsoft Corporation! It&#8217;s the Seattle Space Needle. At its feet the arches are from the Pacific Science Center, and the snow-covered mountain? That&#8217;s Mount Rainier, also near Microsoft&#8217;s headquarters in Washington State. What&#8217;s suspicious, though, is that it&#8217;s a picture of Seattle and it&#8217;s a clear, sunny day, actually. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Let me show you the picture.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the default Win8 lock screen image:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8-lock-screen-picture-1.png\" alt=\"win8-lock-screen-picture-1\" width=\"633\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8-lock-screen-picture-1.png 633w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8-lock-screen-picture-1-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>See what I&#8217;m talking about? Space Needle, Pacific Science Center, Mount Rainier, that&#8217;s only one place in the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But, yeah, let&#8217;s change it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First step<\/strong> is to go to your Charms bar and click on &#8220;Settings&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/win8-lock-screen-picture-2.png\" alt=\"win8-lock-screen-picture-2\" width=\"105\" height=\"113\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42851\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.askdavetaylor.com\/can_i_change_my_windows_8_lock_screen_image.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steps Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Dave Taylor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:www.askdavetaylor.com\">Sign up for Dave&#8217;s emails<\/a> about free tech support and special offers on books, seminars, workshops and more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img 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