Open the Settings App, then go to Personalization - Lock Screen, please provide a screenshot of all settings on that settings window.
Mini Browser windows on Lock Screen
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Jeffrey Gaines
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Lenovo V17 laptop, 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U CPU
Windows 10 Pro, fully updated.
Following a recent update my lock screen shows these annoying mini browser windows - see screenshot.jpg. My Internet connection drops to a crawl when these images are on the lock screen.
Notifications are turned off, see attached screenshot.png. Note that when I navigate to the Notifications screen the Notifications check box is coloured blue, the button then slides to the left and the check box turns white. I have no idea what is on and what is off, the button is on the left but it says "off" on the right. I think this is off but it is odd to see the button move. The old check boxes were very clear, these new ones just leave you guessing.
How can I turn these images off so they stay off please? My computers are not toys, they are for serious work, and this is a massive annoyance.
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows Hello, lock screen and sign-in
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DaveM121 813.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor2025-09-15T10:06:50.5133333+00:00 -
Jeffrey Gaines 40 Reputation points
2025-09-15T10:27:26.0133333+00:00 Screenshot attached.
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DaveM121 813.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-09-15T10:32:55.87+00:00 Thank you for the screenshot, your settings seem to be correct, at the bottom of that screenshot, the weather (widgets) app is listed are you able to remove that from the list of apps to show on the lock screen?
If not, really the only option would be to remove the lock screen from Windows, so it does not show up at all and only the login screen would show.
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Jeffrey Gaines 40 Reputation points
2025-09-17T14:12:29.4333333+00:00 If I remove the lock screen I think I lose the ability to use a password, or have I misunderstood?
I have a twin machine which has one generation later CPU, that doesn't suffer this problem and nor did this machine so presumably it's caused by an update?
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Jeffrey Gaines 40 Reputation points
2025-09-19T14:47:27.1033333+00:00 I have just been advised in a user group that this is caused by 2 x updates.
KB 5058379
KB 5035941
Which apparently override your settings.
Can anybody confirm please?
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Jeffrey Gaines 40 Reputation points
2025-09-21T09:23:49.8266667+00:00 I have carried out a clean re-install, wiped the NVMe completely and let Windows set up what it wanted.
I have turned off "Get notifications from other apps..." but every time I go to that screen the checkbox is blue then the slider goes to the left and it turn white as if it is automated.
I have installed Malwarebytes and that gives a clean bill of health.
Does Microsoft monitor this group? There must be a solution to this.
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