When you first turn on Spotlight, it will take a few restarts (or returns to the lock screen) to build up some images in your cache. In the Personalization window, select the “Lock screen” tab and then on the Background drop-down menu, choose “Windows spotlight.” Just click Start and then choose Settings (or hit Windows+I). On the Settings screen, click Personalization. If you’ve turned Spotlight images off (or you’re just not sure), it’s easy to turn them on again.
RELATED: How to Disable Ads on Your Windows 10 Lock Screen First: Enable Spotlight Images on the Lockscreen You can actually set background images for your login screen separately. Also note that we’re talking here about background images for the lock screen–that page you have to click or slide out of the way to get to the login screen. Many of you may have disabled Spotlight images on your lock screens because Microsoft will slip the occasional ad in there, but if you haven’t, you’ll notice that the ads are pretty rare, and the Spotlight images are often really nice.