Wrong keyboard input language on Windows 8 lock screen

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2014-04
  • Escobar5

    I have two keyboard languages configured on my Windows 8 machine: English (United States) and Español (España). The default language is English (United States), but when I start my computer, sometimes the lock screen shows me another language (Español Latinoamérica) by default. I don't have that language configured.

    Are the lock screen languages configured in another place? What can I do to fix this?

    • Answers
  • Frederick Marcoux

    In you Control Panel (Desktop Mode), there's the way:

    Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Language\Advanced settings

    You will see a link in the first section called:

    • Apply languages settings to the welcome screen, system accounts, and new user accounts.

    Click on it, it will open a dialog window with two (2) sections. In the first one, click on Copy settings... then check the two (2) checkboxes in the bottom of the resulting window. Then OK. It will apply your current settings to the lock screen and etc.


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    How can I change the lock screen in Windows 8 that appears for the default user?
  • Mark Allen

    This is about Windows 8 RTM.

    How can I change the lock screen in Windows 8 that appears after connecting to the machine via RDP?

    You can change your lock screen for your user account like so:

    1. Hit the Windows key.
    2. Right click your user name in the upper right hand corner, choose Change Account Picture.
    3. Click Lock Screen, choose a new picture.

    However, if you then connect to the computer where you've done this from another computer via RDP, using the same account, the physical machine you've connected to will display the "default" user lock screen - a stylized Space Needle / Seattle picture. It's not a bad picture, but I'd like to change it.


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  • magicandre1981

    MS released an update to allow this without any hacks:

    Win8: How to Manage the Lock Screen Image on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2787100/en-us

    The update “Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 cumulative update: November 2012” adds functionality to the Control Panel group polices that allow an administrator to designate a lock screen image on their Windows 8 and Windows 2012 computers. This setting lets you specify the default lock screen image shown when no user is signed in, and also sets the specified images as the default for all users (it replaces the inbox default image) Some restriction apply. See the Restrictions section below.

    The new group policy is named “Force a specific default lock screen image” and can be found in this path in the group policy editor: “Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization”

  • Edward Brey

    Found it.

    c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData\S-1-5-18\ReadOnly\LockScreen_Z\

    Replace the picture in there with your custom background picture. It must match the name of the current background picture (for me, it's LockScreen___1680_1050.jpg). Logoff (or restart) to see the result.

    NOTE You may have to take ownership (or grant yourself permission) to view the contents of the SystemData folder and it's subfolders.

    Credit goes to someone named Brian Michael Reed posting here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/w8itprogeneral/thread/82e7ae0f-1b6e-4d04-ae05-8278911af3e2

  • theprofessor

    Go to the "setting" tabs on the right. Click personalizations. Your LOCK SCREEN image should be there with about 5 more choice from which you may choose. You may also browse for other pictures you may hav on your computer of other devices connected.