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The lock screen in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 keeps your phone from being operated while in your pocket. Although it is strongly suggested that you don't disable the lock screen while using Windows 8/Windows 8.1, it is possible to do.
Disabling the lock screen in Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise Edition is simple. Just go to local group policies. On the other hand, the task becomes a bit challenging in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 Home Edition. In Windows 8/8.1 Home Edition, if you want to disable lock screen, you must get into the Windows registry and modify certain values.
Here is how you can disable lock screen in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 Home Edition:
10. From the context menu that appears, go to New and click Key from the submenu that comes up.
11. Rename the newly created key as Personalization.
12. Once created and renamed, right-click Personalization, and from the context menu, go to New.
13. From the displayed submenu, click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
14. Name the new DWORD as NoLockScreen.
15. Double-click the new DWORD.
16. On the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value box, in the Value data field, replace the current value with 1.
17. Click OK when done.
18. Close the Registry Editor window, and restart the computer in order to allow the changes to take effect.
Disabling the lock screen in Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise Edition is simple. Just go to local group policies. On the other hand, the task becomes a bit challenging in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 Home Edition. In Windows 8/8.1 Home Edition, if you want to disable lock screen, you must get into the Windows registry and modify certain values.
Here is how you can disable lock screen in Windows 8/Windows 8.1 Home Edition:
- ■Log on to Windows 8/Windows 8.1 Home Edition using the account that has administrative (unrestricted) privileges on the computer.
■From the Start screen, click the Desktop tile.
■Once on the desktop window, press Windows + R keys simultaneously to initialize the Run command box.
■In the available field in the Run command box, type REGEDIT and press Enter.
■On the displayed User Account Control confirmation box, click Yes to provide your consent to continue.
■On the opened Registry Editor window, from the left pane, navigate and locate
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
■Once there, click to select and expand the Windows container in the left pane.
■If the Personalization key already exists in the Windows container, jump directly to step 12. Also, if the NoLockScreen DWORD already exists, jump straight to step 15. If none of the condition is true, continue with the next step.
■Right-click the Windows container.
10. From the context menu that appears, go to New and click Key from the submenu that comes up.
11. Rename the newly created key as Personalization.
12. Once created and renamed, right-click Personalization, and from the context menu, go to New.
13. From the displayed submenu, click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
14. Name the new DWORD as NoLockScreen.
15. Double-click the new DWORD.
16. On the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value box, in the Value data field, replace the current value with 1.
17. Click OK when done.
18. Close the Registry Editor window, and restart the computer in order to allow the changes to take effect.
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