Windows 10's new Settings menu makes it easy for non-tech-savvy users to find basic features and settings. In Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview Build 10130, the Personalization tab in the Settings menu has gotten a pretty big overhaul -- when we first took a look at it, it was just lock screen options, and now it's everything from wallpaper to window and accent colors.
The Personalization tab still isn't where you'll change all of the settings related to customization -- the Themes section, for example, just links you to the Personalization window from the Control Panel -- but it's where most people will go to change the way their operating system looks.
Background
The Background section, as you might have guessed, is all about your PC's wallpaper. Here, you can choose what type of wallpaper you'd like (a picture, a color, or a slideshow from a folder), pick the photo or slideshow folder, and choose how you want the photo to fit on the screen (fill, fit, stretch, tile, center, or span).
Colors
In the Colors section, you can pick an accent color for Windows 10 -- this color will show up on your taskbar, Start menu/screen, and as part of your window borders. You can choose to either have Windows automatically pick an accent color from your background image, or you can choose your own accent color from 48 preselected options. At the bottom of this section, there's a link to the High contrast settings (part of the Ease of Access tab) for users who need a more accessible color scheme.
Lock screen
At the top of this section, you'll see a preview of what your lock screen currently looks like. You can change the background style by clicking the drop down menu under Background and choosing a type (Windows spotlight, Picture, or Slideshow). If you choose Windows spotlight, there will be no additional options and the lock screen will adhere to the default Windows theme on your PC.
If you choose Picture, you'll see five of the most recent lock screen pictures, as well as a Browse button that you can click if you want to search for a picture on your PC. If you choose Slideshow, you'll be able to choose a folder or album for your slideshow -- the Pictures album is the default, but you can choose any folder by clicking Add a folder.
Under the lock screen background settings, you'll find app settings -- you can choose one app to show detailed information on the lock screen, and up to seven apps to show a "quick status" (similar to a notification icon on your phone). You can also choose to show no apps on the lock screen by clicking the app button and picking Don't show detailed status on the lock screen (for the detailed app) or Don't show quick status here for each individual quick status app.
At the bottom of this section, you'll see links to Screen timeout settings (part of the System tab) and to Screen saver settings (a window in the Control Panel).
Themes
As I mentioned earlier, the Themes section just provides a link to Classic theme settings, which is a Control Panel window. This section also has a few Related settings links -- Advanced sound settings, Desktop icon settings and Mouse pointer settings.
Start
This last section relates to the Start menu/screen. Here, you can turn on (and off) things like app and content suggestions in the Start menu, recently opened programs in the Start menu, and the recently added apps group. You can also customize which places to link to in a list (that is, choose whether File Explorer, Settings, Documents, Download, Music and so on show up as links on your Start menu), and pick whether you want to use the Start menu or the Start screen when you're on a desktop.
Editor's note: This How To post was originally published on February 24 and was updated on June 5 to reflect new information regarding Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview Build 10130.