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Choose apps to show quick status. At the very bottom of the

Lock screen, Windows can display up to seven small icons that
Microsoft calls “quick status.” Each is designed to convey
information through its appearance alone. For example, if you
choose Mail, you see a little envelope with a number that indicates

how many new messages are waiting. If you choose Alarms &
Clock, then a little alarm-clock icon appears to indicate that you’ve

set an alarm.

Show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen.
You’ve gone to all this trouble to choose wallpaper for your Lock

screen; this option transfers the same display to the sign-in screen
that follows. (If you leave this option off, then the sign-in screen
just shows a solid blue.)

Cortana lock screen settings. Cortana, Windows 10’s voice-
activated assistant, can speak answers to questions about your

calendar, email, and text messages—even when you’re not at your
desk, and the Lock screen is up. Clearly, that’s an invitation for
disaster if you have resentful and untrustworthy co-workers.

This link opens a Cortana settings page where you can turn off
“Use Cortana even when my device is locked,” eliminating any
risk.

Or leave that on, but turn off “Let Cortana access my calendar,
email, messages….” That way, anyone can still ask harmless things
—“What time is it?” or “Who won last night’s Cavaliers game?”—

but evildoers can’t hear about your secrets when you’re away.

Screen timeout settings. This link opens the “Power & sleep”

settings, where you can specify how soon your computer goes to
sleep (or shuts off) after inactivity; see “Notifications & Actions”.

Screen saver settings. A screen saver isn’t really part of the Lock
screen, but Microsoft thought a link to the “Screen saver settings”
dialog box might be handy here anyway. See Figure 4-7.