Installing Biometric Fingerprint for Windows Login #WIMVP #Security #Windows #WindowsHello

June 2, 2023 by James van den Berg Leave a comment

Windows Hello Fingerprint

Biometric tokenization is the process of substituting a stored biometric template with a non-sensitive equivalent, called a token, that lacks extrinsic or exploitable meaning or value. The process combines the biometrics with public-key cryptography to enable the use of a stored biometric template (e.g., fingerprint image on a mobile or desktop device) for secure or strong authentication to applications or other systems without presenting the template in its original, replicable form.

I still had an old laptop with Windows 10 Insider preview Build but with a Fingerprint Sensor, and logging into Windows is more secure with Windows Hello Fingerprint then using a password only.
In the following steps you will see how easy it is to install Windows Hello Fingerprint when you have a fingerprint sensor :

1. Select Start  > Settings  > Accounts  > Sign-in options.
2. Under Manage how you sign in to your device, you’ll see three choices to sign in with Windows Hello:
   • Select Windows Hello Face to set up facial recognition sign-in with your PC’s infrared camera or an external infrared camera.
   • Select Windows Hello Fingerprint to set up sign-in with a fingerprint reader.
   • Select Windows Hello PIN to set up sign-in with a PIN.

I already had a PIN installed, so I installed WindowsHello Fingerprint.

Windows Hello Setup.
Swipe your finger on the Fingerprint sensor.

Swipe again

Swipe again until it’s good.

Windows Hello Fingerprint is installed.

Login screen to sign in with Windows Hello Fingerprint.

Here is my Old laptop with Windows Hello fingerprint Sensor.

New Laptops with Windows 10/11 can use Windows Hello Face Authentication for login.

You can also buy a YubiKey Bio Series – FIDO Edition for biometric Authentication / Login for Windows.

Conclusion

In simple steps you can make your Authentication on your Windows device more secure with Windows Hello Fingerprint and Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) with a token like Yubikey. For security is passwordless better then typing your credentials and with
Biometric Authentication it’s much safer to login on Windows. So lot of choices, but my old laptop is more secure with Windows Hello Fingerprint Authentication 🙂

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