{"id":1195,"date":"2015-08-17T12:50:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2015-08-17T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T16:51:48","slug":"setup-a-fingerprint-reader-on-windows-10-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/17\/setup-a-fingerprint-reader-on-windows-10-hello\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup a Fingerprint Reader on Windows 10 Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you have a recent model laptop with a fingerprint reader, you can setup Windows Hello to log in to Windows using your fingerprint.<\/p>\n

To do this, you\u2019ll first need to set up a PIN to logon.<\/p>\n

Here are the steps:<\/p>\n

1. Go to Settings, Accounts, Sign-in options. If you have a supported device, you\u2019ll see the Windows Hello option. As you can see, you will need to first setup a PIN before the Setup button is activated.<\/p>\n

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2. To setup a PIN, you will need to login to Windows 10 with a Microsoft Account and add your PIN to your MSA profile. Enter your password in the field provided and then select Sign In.<\/p>\n

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3. Next, you need to set up a PIN and confirm it. Then select OK<\/p>\n

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4. Next, select Set up under Windows Hello<\/p>\n

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5. Select Get started.<\/p>\n

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6. Run your finger over the fingerprint scanner until the setup app reports completed. You can now optional add more\/different fingers.<\/p>\n

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7. When you restart, you will be able to select Sign in Options and then sign in using your fingerprint.<\/p>\n

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  If you have a recent model laptop with a fingerprint reader, you can setup Windows Hello to log in to Windows using your fingerprint. To do this, you\u2019ll first need to set up a PIN to logon. Here are the steps: 1. Go to Settings, Accounts, Sign-in options. If you have a supported device, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[262],"tags":[281],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

  If you have a recent model laptop with a fingerprint reader, you can setup Windows Hello to log in to Windows using your fingerprint. To do this, you\u2019ll first need to set up a PIN to logon. Here are the steps: 1. Go to Settings, Accounts, Sign-in options. If you have a supported device, you\u2019ll see the Windows Hello option. As you can see, you will need to first setup a PIN before the Setup button is activated. 2. To setup a PIN, you will need to login to Windows 10 with a Microsoft Account and add your PIN…<\/p>\n","category_list":"Windows 10<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Barb","url":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/author\/barb\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvFKI-jh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}