Does reinstalling Win10 remove screenlock?

[tenbucky]

Hey guys, I'm just wondering if I ever end up with a screenlock, if reinstalling my OS (which I've heard a few times) will remove the screenlock. Is this still the case? Or is it just a "hope it goes away" sort of thing?

[EngineOW]

No, probably not. Not saying this in a judgy way at all, but if you don't want to get screenlocked, I probably wouldn't cheat in the first place.

[0xEAX]

try playing on windows 7

[t1 sky]

Install windows 7 sp1, screenlock won't affect you then. But you might just get banned instead.

[YOUNGBOY]

So I’m pretty new with what a screen lock is, but I’ve heard if you go borderless it’ll remove the screen lock? Anyone know if it still works?

[Jaladhjin]

People keep asking about it.. talking about it.. releasing stuff to bypass it..

What is it ?

Like what specifically ?

All I can find people saying about it is general sorts of "Blizz does it to cheaters" or "it breaks aimbots"

Yeah great thanks.. what does it actually do ?

Does it lock your screen to a single frame.. freezing it as though it were a screenshot so the game is unplayable ?

[monkydudy]

I've been wondering the same for a while and I'm still not 100% sure

Afaik, it means that you are unable to play in windowed mode (you are forced/locked in fullscreen?). This breaks a lot of the color-reading bots because they can't properly screenshot and just return black screens on every capture.


If this is really what screen-lock is, it's weird that it's such a 'big' problem. It's easily bypassed with common software that forces apps into windowed mode

[Jaladhjin]

So if it were in effect for someone.. the borderless & windowed mode options are just greyed out in the game client ?

[YOUNGBOY]

So if it were in effect for someone.. the borderless & windowed mode options are just greyed out in the game client ?

Curious about this too

[HUSKY BOOST]

i remember you can do something with screenlock through the Windows key + R to open the "Run" command, and type regedit but I didn't know what must be next step...

[UnknownOW]

It blocks any third party program from viewing the screen afaik, Lets say you're using a pixelbot, screenlocking blocks it from viewing/reading the info on the screen that it needs to work.

[KampfMuffin]

It blocks any third party program from viewing the screen afaik, Lets say you're using a pixelbot, screenlocking blocks it from viewing/reading the info on the screen that it needs to work.

Not entirely true.
Win8 / Win10 has a option to lock down GDI+ screenshots, which most bots use (since hooking directx is a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit risky). If you switch to windows 7 Blizzard wont have the option to block it.
To the original question: No it does not. It is account based, and has a unspecified duration.

[Razzue]

I'd just like to input that every "screen lock" i've had has lasted EXACTLY one week..

[FiTTeRBoy91]

Screenblocks are strictly account based. Re-installing anything won't help, you'll need a new account. Usually screenblocks can go away after a few patches.
There are various ways to bypass the screenblock (none of which I will go into here)

[Mrjay1990]

can someone help me bypass it ?