Very new to Adobe PhotoShop need help with unlocking of a layer

OK I practice with some instructions and tutorials to familiarize yourself with all the capabilities of Photoshop (Ps) program.  I'm trying to follow these instructions here, How to turn a photo into a painting. CC Adobe Photoshop tutorials however, when I click on the area of layers the bottom appears to be locked? When I click on the new layer appears asking me to name the layer.  I wanted to just follow the instructions Adobe give verbatim but how to unlock it to continue with the other steps in the instructions?  Help, please!

Oh, I forgot to add, I use Windows 7 Ultimate.  Not a Mac.  I'm looking to see how I can unlock this image layer.  the lock icon appears gray?

Looks like you need convert the background into a smart object layer. You can right-click on the layer in the layer panel and choose Convert to smart object, or you can go to the main menu and on the Filter tab, select convert to smart object.

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