Windows generally gives you several ways to accomplish a common task, and this is a good example of a less common (and frankly more cumbersome) way to lock the screen. Select the Start menu.

Learn how to lock Windows 11/10 computer. Use keyboard shortcut, Hotkey, Start menu User Icon, Run, CMD or desktop shortcut to Lock Windows desktop.

To lock your screen in Windows 8, you need to click on your user name or account picture in the upper right-hand corner of the Start Screen. This will open up a submenu as shown in the image below.

In this tutorial we are going to explain how to add an App of your choice to the Lock Screen of your Windows 11/10 computer.

You can change the lock screen on your Windows computer by customizing the background image and specifying what supplemental information it displays.

On a Windows 10 device, you can use these steps to set up the Find My Device feature: Press Windows + I to open the Settings app and head to Update & security > Find my Device.

Method 2 - Taskbar tab of the Start Menu properties This method will show you how to unlock or lock the Windows 7 taskbar through the Start Menu properties.