![]() Step 1: Go to this official Lenovo driver download page and obtain the driver. If it displays something else (a generic term like ‘fingerprint sensor’) or does not even have a ‘Biometric devices’ section, then please start off with Step 1 for properly installing & configuring it. If under ‘Biometric devices’ it says ‘Synaptic FP Sensor (WBF) (PID=0011) as shown below, then you can jump to ‘ Step 2…’ directly. ![]() To verify that, press the ‘Windows key’ + ‘r’, this will open up the ‘Run’ dialog-box, and then enter the below command, which in turn will open-up the ‘Device Manager’: Because I have read some claiming that Windows 8.1 being able to recognize it, after an update. The installation is very simple & easy, and I have (as usual), written it down, step by step.īefore we begin, let us make sure that Windows 8.1 has not actually recognized the Validity fingerprint sensor (5011), just to make sure. So I decided to write a ‘how to ‘ article, hoping that someone having the same issue would find it quite liberating □. As a result, I found a driver for it through Lenovo’s website, that supports Windows 8.1 (32/64 bit). ![]() Luckily though, this fingerprint sensor is somewhat popular and various other manufacturers also include it in some of their products. Now Dell on their website does provide us with a driver for ‘Windows 8…’ however, while trying to install, it gave me an error (basically saying that it does not support Windows 8/8.1) and quit. But I do put my laptop to sleep quite often, and since having to re-type the password every time I turn it ON is quite a burden, I decided to find a way to make it work in Windows 8.1. I actually never quite used it that much (even in Windows 7 that came pre-installed), and as a result, was only aware this issue very recently. Validity Fingerprint Sensor 5011 that came with my Dell Vostro V131, stopped working after I switched to Windows 8.1. ![]()
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