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How to Disable Background Blur on Windows 11 Login Screen
Windows 11 has a number of new features in it, let’s leave first about the look of the new taskbar, let’s talk about the background of this new OS Login screen.
As we know, the Sign in screen in Windows 11 has a blur effect or commonly called acrylic which is quite solid. Maybe the design is intended to add to the modern impression of Windows 11. Although displays an elegant impression, not everyone likes the blur effect and only wants to see the wallpaper from the login screen.
To disable the blur effect on the background sign in screen, as usual we can do it by fiddling with Regedit, and if you are curious and want to disable the blur effect on Windows 11 login screen, please follow the steps below.
How to Disable Background Blur on Windows 11 Login Screen
- Step 1. First, please open Regedit (Registry Editor).
- Step 2. Next, please enter the Registry Key as follows:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
- Step 3. Next, you create a new Value DWORD (32-bit) and fill it with the name DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon.
To disable the blur effect on the login page, please edit the value of DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon and change the value to 1, if you want to activate the blur effect again, you have to change the value to 0 again.
And Done, here are the results:
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How to Blur Messages on WhatsApp Web
In certain cases, privacy will certainly be the main thing you pay attention to, for example when you use WhatsApp web in a public area. Of course you don’t want other people to be fad or deliberately glance at your screen and read the messages.
Fortunately, there are a few ways in which you can increase your privacy when you open WhatsApp web, where you can blur the contents of the conversation so that it can minimize other people from seeing it.
Blur Messages on WhatsApp Web
To blur messages on WhatsApp web, you need to install the Privacy Extension For WhatsApp Web extension.
- Step 1. Download the Privacy Extension For WhatsApp Web extension for Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
- Step 2. Install the extension as usual.
- Once installed, you can immediately open WhatsApp web and find the blur effect on all existing conversations.
- Furthermore, if you open the extension settings, you will find many options to give a blur effect or not on some views such as name, media, last conversation, and others.
- If you want to read a blurred message, simply hover your mouse pointer over the desired conversation to display it.
- Done
