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UTUSN

(77,795 posts) Thu Mar 2, 2017, 03:16 PM Mar 2017

UPDATE My Win10 (?) or Bing (?) wallpapers (?) got disappeared. "Clear history" problem?

Last edited Thu Mar 9, 2017, 12:58 PM - Edit history (1)

I don't even know if "wallpaper" is what I'm talking about. It's the beautiful cityscapes/landscapes that were coming on in the Login screen right after the Window. NOT talking about my desktop background picture.

A few days ago Tech Support for a site I couldn't get into told me to Clear History when the Fix didn't work. That solved that problem, but since then the opening pictures have disappeared, and have gone back to the one picture of a sea cave on a beach that looks depressingly retro and ho-hum. I've tried Win10's "ask me anything" for and Bing search and see downloads I don't know about since the disappeared pictures started on their own with Win10.

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***UPDATE*** My Win10 (?) or Bing (?) wallpapers (?) got disappeared. "Clear history" problem? (Original Post) UTUSN Mar 2017 OP

hmmm Afromania Mar 2017 #1

I didn't download. They started up with Win10. UTUSN Mar 2017 #2

ok Afromania Mar 2017 #3

Thanks won't be able to try t I'll later. UTUSN Mar 2017 #4

Well, at the Preview/background window, Spotlight is already selected. So uh...? UTUSN Mar 2017 #5

ok Afromania Mar 2017 #6

It's On. Haha, everything is as it's supposed to be?!1 UTUSN Mar 2017 #7

yep, as far as I know it should start rotating new ones in again Afromania Mar 2017 #8

7 days later, *finally* the rotation started, have got a new picture of the beautiful kind again!1 UTUSN Mar 2017 #9

Afromania

(2,809 posts)

1. hmmm

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 03:19 PM

Mar 2017

sounds like spotlight which rotates nice pictures on the lock screen.

Did you download the pictures or did they just appear automagically?

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

2. I didn't download. They started up with Win10.

Reply to Afromania (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 03:26 PM

Mar 2017

Afromania

(2,809 posts)

3. ok

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 03:38 PM

Mar 2017

sounds like spot light then

1. type "personalize" in the ask anything bar

--The first thing to come up should be "change the picture on your lock screen"

2. click on "change the picture on your lock screen"

-- once the screen comes up you should see the word "Preview" and a picture under it and then under that the word "background"

3. click on the box under the word "background" and it will give you 3 options. Click on the one that says "Windows Spotlight"

That should fix you right up.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

4. Thanks won't be able to try t I'll later.

Reply to Afromania (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 03:59 PM

Mar 2017

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

5. Well, at the Preview/background window, Spotlight is already selected. So uh...?

Reply to Afromania (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:00 PM

Mar 2017

There is:

Settings icon - "Lock screen"

The word "Preview"

Beautiful picture (with the current time & date)

The word "Background"

Drop down box with "Windows spotlight" in it

**********Below that are greyed-out icons for apps "to show detailed status"

Afromania

(2,809 posts)

6. ok

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:04 PM

Mar 2017

little further down the screen is there a little slider below "show lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen"? If so then make sure that's on.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

7. It's On. Haha, everything is as it's supposed to be?!1

Reply to Afromania (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:20 PM

Mar 2017

So where does the old time Beach cave picture come from? Is it part of the "Preview" pics rotation, meaning that the new beautiful pics will eventually start up again?

Afromania

(2,809 posts)

8. yep, as far as I know it should start rotating new ones in again

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:41 PM

Mar 2017

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

9. 7 days later, *finally* the rotation started, have got a new picture of the beautiful kind again!1

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 12:59 PM

Mar 2017

All this time it was the old Cave-on-the-beach one!1

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