I select the Windows Spotlight but I only see this image in both my laptops!

Hi! Perry. Thanks for the details. I'm here to help.

Since you’ve already selected Windows Spotlight and it’s happening on both devices, the issue is almost always one of these three things:

• Corrupted Spotlight cache/settings, most common.
• Blocked connection to Microsoft’s image servers, e.g., via firewall, DNS, or network policy.
• Temporary outage on Microsoft’s end, happens occasionally and fixes itself after 24–48h.

Here’s a focused fix list for Windows 11 (since your screenshot shows Windows 11):

1. Reset Spotlight settings
2. Press Win + R → paste:
   %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\Settings
3. Delete:
   settings.dat settings.dat.bak
4. Clear Spotlight cache

• Press Win + R → paste:
  %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets
• Delete everything in that folder.

3. Reinstall Spotlight (PowerShell)

• Right-click Start → choose Windows PowerShell (Admin).
• Run:
  Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" -ForceApplicationShutdown}

4. Reapply Spotlight

Settings → Personalization → Lock screen

Change from Spotlight → Picture

Restart your PC

Go back and select Spotlight again

Give it a few hours, it sometimes takes 1–2 Spotlight refresh cycles before new images appear.

See if this helps. If you need further assistance, just let me know.

Best regards,

Kimberly