• ×
    Information
    Need Windows 11 help?
    Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
    Windows 11 Support Center.
  • ×
    Information
    Need Windows 11 help?
    Check documents on compatibility, FAQs, upgrade information and available fixes.
    Windows 11 Support Center.
Guidelines
Are you having HotKey issues? Click here for tips and tricks.
Check out our WINDOWS 11 Support Center info about: OPTIMIZATION, KNOWN ISSUES, FAQs, VIDEOS AND MORE.
HP Recommended
HP Spectre x360 - 15t-df000 CTO
Microsoft Windows 11

I have 2 identical Spectre X360 laptops: Model = 15T-DF000,  Product = 4HG39AV_1

...First laptop is Win-10 as shipped by HP and all subsequent updates installed. No problems.

 

...Second laptop: Also shipped with win-10 but...

Yesterday, I used a DVD to do a fresh install Windows 11 that I downloaded from Microsoft, as a MSFT analysis said my Win-10 laptop is upgradable to the new OS. The problem I am having is that the Windows Hello Face (facial recognition for sign-in) is not working. I didn't try to install or use it when this laptop was running Windows 10, so I don't know about it. But Hello Face is working on my first identical Win-10 Spectre.

 

When I go into Settings -> Account -> Sign-in Options. The Facial Recognition option displays the text "This option is currently unavailable." The explanation was "We couldn't find a camera compatible with Windows Hello Face." So, I went to SettingsApps -> Optional features. There I found in the list: Facial Recognition (Windows Hello). So I installed it & re-booted the laptop. When I went back to implement the Facial Recognition (Windows Hello) app, it still displayed the message "This option is currently unavailable." Same explanation: "We Couldn't find..."

 

I then launched SERVICES.MSC and started the service: Windows Biometric Services. Went back to activate the Hello Face, but still could not activate the Hello Face for the sign-in option.

 

In Device Manager, under Biometric Devices, I only have one item: Synaptics WBDI Fingerprint Reader - USB 102 (SGX). But on my Win-10 Spectre I have an additional device called Windows Hello Face Software Device.

 

When inspect the directory C:\Windows\System32\WinBioPlugIns on both laptops, the Win-10 Spectre has more DLL files in it and it also has a subdirectory called FaceDriver. My Win-11 Spectre is missing those files, even after going thru the process to install optional software.

 

Anybody have a clue as to how to implement the Windows Hello (Facial Recognition) software on my Win-11 Spectre?

 

Thanks for any and all advice.

Howie The TekHead
Who Me Too'd this topic
† The opinions expressed above are the personal opinions of the authors, not of HP. By using this site, you accept the <a href="https://www8.hp.com/us/en/terms-of-use.html" class="udrlinesmall">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="/t5/custom/page/page-id/hp.rulespage" class="udrlinesmall"> Rules of Participation</a>.