Windows 10: Windows Hello all screwed up after BIOS update

Discus and support Windows Hello all screwed up after BIOS update in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I updated my BIOS in an attempt to fix an issue unrelated to Windows Hello. Now Hello is working either much worse or not at all, depending what I'm... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by JHeikkinen, Apr 10, 2025.

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    Windows Hello all screwed up after BIOS update


    I updated my BIOS in an attempt to fix an issue unrelated to Windows Hello. Now Hello is working either much worse or not at all, depending what I'm trying to do; in particular, it no longer lets me use my fingerprint even though this does appear to be enabled. It's driving me up the wall.It used to be that when I restarted my computer or wanted to log into my password manager, all I had to do was touch my fingerprint reader, and it would just work. That's no longer the case.After restarting in the immediate wake of the BIOS update, I got a message saying my old PIN would no longer work, and i

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