Components of the Lock Screen
- A changeable wallpaper
- Date and Time
- Small widgets that show notifications or information of their corresponding applications
Customizing lock screen
Lock screen can be customized to your personal taste. You can put a wallpaper of your choice. Also, you can configure which apps will show information on the lock screen. To customize lock screen settings- Activate the Settings Charm through the Charms Bar or simply using Win + I key combo.
- Select “Change PC Settings” from the provided options in the Settings Charm pane. That will open the Metro Control Panel.
- Select “Personalize” from the left pane.
- Select “Lock Screen” from the right pane. All the settings to customize lock screen are located there.
Changing the wallpaper
[caption id="attachment_20660" align="alignnone" width="640"]
Figure 2 Change wallpaper of lock screen[/caption]
As shown in the above image, you can select wallpaper from the given images, or browse through the file system to select your favorite image as wallpaper.
Customizing Widgets
The widgets can be customized from the same settings. [caption id="attachment_20659" align="alignnone" width="640"]
Figure 3 Lock screen widget settings[/caption]
You can select maximum 8 apps that can show notifications on the lock screen. Out of those apps, you can choose one app that can show detailed information, as done by the calendar app in Figure 1.
Adding an app is easy. Simply tap the “+” button. It will give you a list of apps that are eligible to show information on the lock screen. Naturally, all of them are Metro apps.
[caption id="attachment_20658" align="alignnone" width="640"]
Figure 4 Add an app widget to lock screen[/caption]]]>
