Disable the Lock Screen

Works with:- Windows 8 and  8.1

Want to keep the login screen but get rid of the lock screen? There’s a way to do that with a Registry tweak.

Type regedit at the Start screen, and open the tile for regedit.exe from the search results. In the Registry Editor, move to the following folder: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows. In that folder, look for a key named Personalization. If it doesn’t exist, click on the Edit menu, select the New command, and then select Key. Name the new key Personalization and then select it. Click on the Edit menu, select the New command, then select "DWORD (32-bit) Value." Name the value NoLockScreen. Double-click on the NoLockScreen value, then change the value data from 0 to 1. The next time you reboot your PC, Windows should bypass the lock screen and deliver you straight to the login screen.

Another option that produces the same result is available through your local Group Policy Editor, but this works only in Windows 8 Pro or Windows 8.1 Pro. At the Start screen, typegpedit.msc. Click on the tile of the same name among the search results. Then, in the Local Group Policy Editor, move to the following folder: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization. In the Personalization pane on the right, double-click on the setting for "Do not display the lock screen." In the resulting window, change the state to Enabled, click OK, and then close the Group Policy Editor.

   

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