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Driver unavailable for fingerprint recognition
Hello Sara,
Are you connected Surface Keyboard? If yes
As per the Microsoft article, The driver will be automatically installed through the windows update or Update manually from the Device Manager.
Please refer the below link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4041624/update-for-the-surface-pro-4-surface-fingerprint-sensor-driver
Please try below steps:
Method 1:
Update the display drivers through Device manager.
Update biometric drivers
Please follow the steps given here to uninstall and then reinstall the Display drivers.
a) Press Windows +X keys on the keyboard.
b) Select Device Manager.
c) Find and Biometric drivers and expand it.
d) Right-click the Biometric drivers, and click Update driver software.
e) Follow the onscreen instructions to update biometric drivers.
f) Reboot the computer and check.
If the issue persists, follow the below method.
Method 2:
Install the latest updates to the biometric drivers through Windows updates.
- Open the Start menu and type Windows update in the search bar.
- Click on Windows update and Check for the updates.
- Download and install if there are any pending updates to be installed.
Please let me know.
Thanks
Gowrish