HOW TO SET UP A PICTURE PASSWORD IN WINDOWS 8

Setting Up The Picture Password in Windows 8

1. The first thing you’ll need to do is go to your user settings to start setting up your picture password. Open up the charms bar by either swiping in from the right, or moving your cursor to the top right and down.
    
2. Once you’ve selected settings you’ll want to click on More PC Settings.

  

3. This will bring you to the general settings for your computer. Now select Usersand you should see an option to create a new picture password on the right hand side.

1. Once you’ve chosen to create a new picture password, you’ll be asked to confirm your password and the be presented with the welcome screen.
   
   
2. The next step is to select Choose Pictureand you will then be brought to the picture explorer. You can choose any picture you like, it could be one stored locally on your machine, from your Facebook, Flickr or SkyDrive.
   
   
3. You can then position the picture to your liking
   
   
4. Once you’ve selected your picture you can begin to draw your pattern. You will be asked to draw it 3 times so the system learns it accurately. You can draw pretty much any pattern you want as long as it includes 3 gestures. It does make a difference which direction you draw lines and circles, as well as the order that you do them in. You can also tap on specific locations on the picture if you so wish.
   I’ve drawn in the pattern that I used for this demonstration so you can see for yourself what I did.
   
   
   
5. Once you’ve successfully repeated the pattern 3 times, Windows 8 will save it and set this as your password next time you log on.

Wrapping Up:

The picture password is a new innovative way to log into Windows 8. Some users will probably find it much easier to log in by drawing a pattern on a picture instead of remembering tricky passwords. Of course it’s nearly impossible to draw the exact same pattern every time, so Windows will be quite lenient with you. As long as you get the general pattern, direction and taps in order you should be able to log in without any problems.

And of course, even if you are having trouble logging in with your picture password, you can always resort back to your traditional password.