How to Set Picture Password & Customize LockScreen in Windows 8

What is Picture password :

Picture password is a feature introduced with Windows 8 that allows you to create three different gestures on any image of your choice and use those gestures as your password. The gesture can be any combination of circles, straight lines,and taps. For example if the picture you chose was of a face your picture password could be a tap on each eye and then a circle around the mouth.

How do I enable a Windows 8 picture password ?

Customize Lockscreen in Windows 8 :

By default, the lock screen shows notifications from the Messaging, Mail, Calendar and Weather apps. But maybe you'd like to see Twitter updates or info from another app, or you'd like to change the image. You can easily customize all that.

Step: 1

Open Windows 8 Charm Bar (Windows+C) while you are on desktop and click on Settings button. You can directly open the Charm Settings using the Windows+I hot key.

Step: 2

In the Charm Bar settings, click on Change PC Settings  to open your device Metro Settings.

Step: 3

In PC Settings, open the Personalization tab  to show all the customization options. Select Lock screen here to personalize it.

Step: 4

You can easily change the default background image for the Lock screen here. Windows 8 gives you some photo suggestions to choose from. If you want to apply a personal image, click on the Browse button  to select the image from your hard disk.

Now Let us now see how we can customize the apps that are pinned to the lock screen.

When you change the lock screen background photo, you will see the option to select the apps that show on the lock screen. In here you can click on the plus button to choose a new metro app to display on the lock screen. A user can select a maximum of eight apps for the Windows 8 lock screen.

Click on Quick connect , after entering the correct credentials