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 Lock screen of a Windows 11 PC with Windows Spotlight shown on a black background | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Operating system | Windows 10, Windows 11 by Microsoft |
| Predecessor | Windows 8 metro style lock screen |
| Type | Lock screen slideshow service |
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Windows Spotlight is a feature included with Windows 10 and Windows 11 which downloads images and advertisements from Bing and displays them as background wallpapers on the lock screen. In 2017, Microsoft began adding location information for many of the photographs.
Technical details
[edit]Windows Spotlight images are provided by Windows' Content Delivery Manager. New ones are shown every 1–2 days. Downloaded images are stored in JPEG format on the computer.[1] If the Content Delivery Manager has no new picture to display, a default image is used. This default fallback image can be changed.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Srivastav, Divyanshu (April 21, 2022). "How to download Windows spotlight images in 3 easy steps?". Cyber Blog. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ "Personalize your lock screen". Microsoft. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
