A Fix for Your Blurry Login Screen
We’ve had a lot of emails from people recently asking why the background picture on the Windows 10 Login screen is blurry. It’s intentionally blurry. It is called the “Acrylic effect” and it’s supposed to make the login area easier to see.
But many of you don’t agree and find the blurred login screen background annoying because it looks like something’s wrong with your PC, but it’s just Windows trying to be cool.
Here’s my login screen with the “Acrylic effect” – in other words, a blurry background picture.
If you’d like to turn off the acrylic effect and have a clear background picture on your login screen here’s what you need to do.
1.) Right-click on an empty area of your desktop and choose “Personalize”.
2.) Personalization settings will open. Click on “Colors” in the menu on the left side.
3.) Turn “Transparency effects” Off and close “Settings”
4.) To check your Login Screen, hold down the Windows key and tap the L key. Click the Lock screen and you’ll see your Login screen. You’ll see that the background picture on the Login screen is not blurred. No Acrylic effect.
If you ever want the acrylic effect back, just turn Transparency effects back on.
Thank you; thank you; thank you. That blurry screen was really horrible. I greatly appreciate you for providing the solution. (Chase)
Thanks so much, I was never a fan of the blurry screen. Also I would like to ask if it’s possible to change the picture on the sign in screen only. I have one picture on my sign in screen and a different one on my desktop. I would like to have the choice of the one on my sign in screen. Thanks for all your help in the past.
Hi Lin. You can change the background picture on the sign-on screen this way…
I tried your instructions several times, even tried different backgrounds but no luck. It just will not change the background. Is there something else that maybe needs to be changed?
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Thanks for you help