Windows 10: Windows Hello Face Sign In Broken

I have a Surface Laptop 3 and Windows Hello Face Sign-in was working fine. Until a couple of days ago, I switched to a Local PC account instead of a Microsoft Account, and Windows Hello stopped working. A message popped up in Settings for Windows Hello Face and Windows Hello Pin saying "This Option is currently unavailable" and "something went wrong". I have tried several methods like Group Policy editor and troubleshooting but the problem still persists. Any way to fix this?





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Face sign in is missing in windows hello

Hi Suvajit,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



As per your query, I suggest you to change the Sign In option and check if it helps.

To change Sign In option, follow the below steps.

• 
  Type Setting in the search area on the taskbar and select
  Settings.
  
• 
  Select Accounts.
  
• 
  Select Sign In option on the left panel.
  

Reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Windows Hello Face Sign In Option Unavailable

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I appreciate the efforts taken by you in resolving the issue. I understand that you are unable to use Windows Hello Face and PIN on your computer. I’ll certainly assist you with the issue.



However, please let us know:

• Are you aware of any changes made to the computer prior to this issue?
  

• Which build version of Windows 10 is installed on the computer? Refer
  Which version of Windows operating system am I running?
  

You may want to refer the troubleshooting steps mentioned below and see if that helps:



Reset Windows Hello Biometric Database:

1. Press Windows key + R, to open Run dialog box.
   
2. Type services.msc and click on OK.
   
3. Look for Windows Biometric Service, double click on it and click on Stop.
   
4. Now, go to C:\Windows\System32\WinBioDatabase, take a backup of all the files inside the WinBioDatabase folder.
   
5. After taking a backup of the files, delete all the files.
   
6. Now, open Services by following step 1 and 2, and restart the Windows Biometric Service.
   
7. Go to Start >> Settings >> Accounts >> Sign-in options and register the Face data again.
   

You may want to refer the suggestions provided by EddyK
replied on ‎03-29-2020 in the thread
Windows sign-in options "currently unavailable".



Let us know the results, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

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