Fingerprint reader not working windows 8

BrokenBadly 2 Bronze. E Fingerprint Reader Not working - Windows 8. The Laptop came installed with Windows 7. I decided to update immediately to 8. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 3. Hi, I would suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the Fingerprint Reader driver on the system. Click on S tart button. In the search box type devmgmt. Select the Fingerprint Reader device and right click on it Now select properties. In the properties window, under Driver tab, click on Uninstall button.

Thanks, While the steps described did not immediately solve my issue, reinstalling the driver allowed me to install the updated firmware. The firmware install can be found in the same location as the driver. Post Reply. Top Contributor. Once you have uninstalled the fingerprint reader driver, restart your PC and Windows 10 will automatically reinstall a new fingerprint reader driver for you.

Having reinstalled the fingerprint reader driver, you now can set up your fingerprint anew. This time it can work well on Windows Of course, you can update the Fingerprint Reader drivers to fix the fingerprinter reader not working error.

Option 1: You can update the driver from the device manager. After uninstalling the driver, you can expand the device Validity Sensor and choose Update driver to make the Windows search the driver directly. Option 2: You can download the fingerprint reader drivers from the official site. Goes to the drivers download center, and then dowload the driver step by step. After the driver downloaded, you can install it. Option 3: Updating fingerprint reader driver automatically. For the automatic way, you can use Driver Booster to help you.

As a professional driver download and update tool, it can scan your latptop devices including the validity sensor and then recommend the right driver to help you update it. When you want to log in on the Windows 10 with the fingerprint reader, but failed.

It is also a common issue bothering people, if you happened to that, it is impossible for you to gain admission to Windows 10 easily.

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