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UTUSN

(75,279 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2020, 12:41 AM Dec 2020

"Start Screen" (?) problem/picture - ON EDIT: *FIXED* see Post #9 [View all]

O.K., totally clueless about computers here so be kind.

Am Windows 10, use Chrome not MS/Bing. Have had this HP laptop 3 or so years, no problems. This is more of a peeve/gripe/annoyane thing than a problem.

Am barely (days) learning the difference between the "Start Screen" and the "Desktop." I think it's a Start Screen gripe.

It has been annoying all these years to have the picture when first Powering On to be changed constantly (by Microsoft?). Annoying when it's a picture I hate (frozen landscapes), and having to wait until the survey question pops up asking for Like/Dislike.

Now, WORSE: The whole rotating program, whatever it was/"Silverlight"? has gone away and one/same picture (desert/cactus) stayed permanently as the Start Screen pic.

I didn't even know where to look in Settings, finally tried "Background" (that's not it. This is the Desktop.) Then found:

*LOCK SCREEN* - also under Personalization. This is for Start Screen, and there sure enough was the ugly cactus picture.

Also there was the "Pictures" option that had the Beach with Cave picture that seems to be the default.


**********My question is: How to get back the rotating pictures (Silverlight?). I've tried selecting the "Pictures" option which only leads to MY personal pictures (not what I want) and tried the Lock Screen on and off. All I can get is either the cactus or the beach cave. TIA

ON EDIT: ---------FIXED!---------see post #9. ------am RID of the cactus; rotating pics are back. Also hate LIGHTHOUSES!1









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