Disable SimplePass

[RockyKatz]

I just purchased a Pavilion dv7-4165dx.  It comes with the SimplePass fingerprint reader.  I am not quite ready to use this feature yet.  How do I disable it so that I don't see it until I am ready to try it. 

Thanks

[Cyclops]

You can disable Validity Sensor in device manager or uninstall HP SimplePass Software and reinstall when you want to....

[RockyKatz]

Where do I get the software to reinstall when I am ready to use it.  The new computer did not come with any program disks.  Thanks for you suggestion.

[Cyclops · Accepted solution]

You can either reinstall it from HP Recovery Manager from the 'Software Program Reinstallation " section or you can download it from here ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp50001-50500/sp50048.exe

[TimHawkins]

It would be nice to be able to disable this feature.  Having only the option to uninstall software in order to disable it seems a bit drastic...   PC programmers seem to think that the world revolves around their specific application -- when will that change?

[Yknot]

Open Simplepass  goto Setting and uncheck boxes.

[merlinandme]

When I go to device manager, Validity Sensor does not show up.  I need to disable SimplePass because it constantly crashes in Chrome, and it is a nightmare.

[moptop]

Couldn't agree more, dreadful piece of software, been nothing but trouble; plus the fingerprint reader has intermittent hardware problems. I had disabled it and all was calm but for some reason today the SimplePass prompt kept coming back (after my Gmail had gone back to prompt for a password), and would not go away however many times I told it not to show me the screen again. The SimplePass manager application doesn't seem to have a UI - or if it does, it won't open, so there is no way to get in and control your data or your settings. When I was using it, I got frequent corruption in the username/password it was saving. Total rubbish.

So I have uninstalled - and that's a scarey pass-time, too - if you tick the tick-box that says all your passwords will be deleted... one assumes that it just means the SimplePass database, but it has been such a pain that I didn't want to take the chance, so I did not tick that. 

[Gideonjohn]

I could not remove the program. Kept getting message that I was not authorized. Found that the PC was programed for fingerprint access id and the software on Simplepass was tied to that. I entered Device the biometrics and disabled fingerprints, then I could remove the program. Simplepass is junk. It is like getting a big dish of icecream and finding doggie poo in it.

[DeVerde]

Un checked box. Bio-icon still returns. Can't create Outlook email account.  Don''t want to risk restoring pc as I've lost confidence in the sys. This is my last HP.