Hi again bobbymcgee
Still "busted flat in Baton Rouge"? :)
... Now that xilolee helped you get your default pictures back (as he shows - just place them in the same location as before) .... it sounds like you have a co-worker who doesn't want their picture to show up on the login screen. Is that the main goal?
If so, she can visit Start > Settings > Accounts
If she doesn't care if the generic account diagram (avatar) shows, she can simply remove whatever picture is shown in the Picture section in Accounts (for her current account). For a lot of my customers, I put a nice nature photo or such (mine is a pair of glasses on a book -- since I've seen my face enough to know I don't want to stare at it much).
If she doesn't want the blue Windows (with light streaming to the left through the four-paned window) background, she can have a solid color show instead (Start > Settings > Personalization > Lock Screen ... and change the "Show Windows background on the login screen" setting to "Off"). I think after the Anniversary Update arrives on most of our PCs, we'll have even more choices. [I haven't had time yet to install it on my rather aging Windows 10 testers].
Another way for her to not have her user account picture show, nor any other picture -- would be to have her computer automatically enter her password for her. This usually is frowned upon in businesses (because anyone with physical access to the computer can easily use it). But if your friend is only using this computer in a private environment, and is the sole user on the machine, and has permission (if it is a company computer) - then she can use the "AutoLogon" utility from Microsoft/SysInternals to automatically log herself in. The login/user-account-picture is bypassed on a computer with only one user - when Autologon is installed and enabled.
AutoLogon
Autologon
All the details are there on the webpage.
She can also bypass logins from sleep/hibernation, and from screensavers.
Here are the step-by-step instructions (you might remember these from our earlier thread)
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1 - Instructions for the AutoLogon utility:
---a) Download the program from Microsoft/SysInternals -- Autologon
---b) You will see a file "AutoLogon.zip" in your Downloads folder
---c) Right-click the "AutoLogons.zip" file, and select "Extract All"
---d) In the pop-up window, select "Extract"
---e) Double-click on Autologon.exe to start the program
---f) Enter the Username for your account in the Username box
---g) Enter the password in the Password box
---h) Click on Enable
---i) You can now exit the program.
2 - Screen Saver (Power Options):
...a) Right-click the Windows Start Menu icon
...b) Select Power Options
...c) Select Require a password on wakeup
...d) Select Change settings that are currently unavailable
...e) Select Don't require a password (in the Password Protection on Wakeup section)
...f) Select Save Changes
3 - Screen Saver (Personalization)
...a) Right-click the Windows Start Menu icon
...b) Select Control Panel
...c) Select Personalization
...d) Select Screen Saver (it's on the lower right corner)
...e) If there is a check mark in the option box in front of "on resume, display logon screen" - remove that check mark by clicking on it.
...f) Select OK
4 -Account (Sign-in Options)
...a) Click on the Windows Start Menu icon
...b) Select Settings
...c) Select Accounts
...e) Select Sign-in options
...f) In the drop-down menu under Require sign-in, select Never
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Note that those instructions were okay for builds previous to the Anniversary Update. The screens might have changed a bit since then.... I'll update them if they've changed, once I have a chance to install the update & see where things are.
.... you can still sing the blues, though, even if we've solved the picture problem.... Nothin' wrong with singing the blues!
