So, my wife has an Asus laptop from a few years back that has an IR and web camera integrated and it has Windows Hello enabled so she or I can simply turn it on/wake it from sleep and it 'looks' at ...

Microsoft is expanding one of the least understood security features in Windows 11. Beginning with the August 2026 update, Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) now supports compatible external fingerprint ...

Windows then often gets tangled up and activates the integrated camera, even though you need the external one to log in to Windows Hello, for example — this happens especially after the computer has ...

My laptop has a facial recognition camera. After login, the camera shut off as one might expect. I am not sure when it started happening, but the facial recognition camera on my laptop would turn back ...

Here is how to enable Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS) in Windows 11. Using Windows Settings, you can enable or disable sign-in with an external camera or fingerprint sensor. What is Enhanced Sign-in ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The new Surface Laptop 13-inch ditches the Surface Connect port and Windows Hello camera for a smaller footprint.

If organizations want to deploy Windows Hello for Business, they need to make some key decisions before embarking on the actual setup process. Everything from authentication methods and password/PIN ...