8.1 Wont change lock screen image.

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My lock screen image is set to this,
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When I try to change it in settings the new image will show up in the preview but it still reverts back to the original image above when I sign out and the lock screen appears, when I sign back in and access settings, lock screen the new image is still in the preview, any ideas?
Do I need to restart for the changes to take place?

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Restart seems to have worked, I just need to figure out how to get rid of the time, date and wireless signal strength notification’s now.

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This is strange, when I sign out the old image returns, when I restart the new image appears, I’m going to try changing the settings on the other account to see if its an account thing.

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So that didn’t work, I reset the other account to the same and nothing changed. When I restart the new image is there, when I sign out the original image is there.
I cant seem to get rid of the clock, date and signal strength notifications either.
Any ideas?

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This is starting to niggle me now, I searched for ”notifications” then clicked ”notification settings” then switched off ”show notifications in the start screen” and still nothing has changed.
Is this just the way 8.1 is or can I actually change the start screen image with no notifications?

Or am I barking up the wrong tree? When you sign out of your account and it brings you to a screen that you click to make disappear and show the computers accounts, that’s the lock screen isn’t it?

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Under Lock screen settings, click on each icon (up to nine) and change to “Don’t show …”

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Bruce

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I tried that Bruce, It would seem it is a user account issue. Its a lot of faffing around but seems to be the only way to resolve this issue.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/14485-lock-screen-background-image-set-default-windows-8-a.html

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I tried that Bruce, It would seem it is a user account issue. Its a lot of faffing around but seems to be the only way to resolve this issue.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/14485-lock-screen-background-image-set-default-windows-8-a.html

That’s a good explanation of the fact that you can have both a default or no-user lock screen, as well as one for each user.

But I was attempting to answer the second part of your question about how to get rid of any notifications at the bottom of the lock screen.

However, I don’t think you can disable the date, time or network signal on the lock screen. You can only disable the lock screen altogether if you detest it.

Bruce

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