2015-09-18 20:15 by Thorben Bürgel
Since I spent a bigger amount of time reasarching on how to make the Validity fingerprint reader (VFS451) on my HP ProBook 4520s working together with Windows 10 and its 'Hello' login function, I want to share my solution. Normally, I am only used to fiddle around with device drivers on Linux, but this time Microsoft left its customers without support.
It lets you scan once, but after that it refuses to light up the scanner nor does it attempt a scan. There are no errors with fprint. I'm running 19.04, Here's what it looks like in lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0005 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS301 Fingerprint Reader. Validity VFS300 Fingerprint Sensor, v.2.1.0.2, A01. Validity VFS300 Fingerprint Sensor Driver. Get the latest driver Please enter your product details to view the. It lets you scan once, but after that it refuses to light up the scanner nor does it attempt a scan. There are no errors with fprint. I'm running 19.04, Here's what it looks like in lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 138a:0005 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS301 Fingerprint Reader. I did whatever is currently available on online forums to make fingerprint reader work again but all was in vain. Finally had to do CLEAN windows 10 install and after that my very old VFS301 sensor started working like charm with driver from windows updateprovided by microsoft.
I have read several forum and blog post about fingerprint reader issues on Windows 10, but nothing seemed to work. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the driver in the device manager, but without success. I also found different driver version on the internet and tried them. Some seemed to work for one scan, but failed on the second. Thus, I assume that with these drivers both scans didn't match, even the scan result was usable.
However, finally I found a driver that is working. The proper version is: 4.4.234.00.
Windows Hello could finally register my fingerprints and the login is working without problems.
However, finally I found a driver that is working. The proper version is: 4.4.234.00.
Windows Hello could finally register my fingerprints and the login is working without problems.
You can find this drivers on the HP servers http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp58501-59000/sp58869.exe
After downloading and unpacking the driver, you can just manually install it in the device driver.
How you can do this, you can find here.
After downloading and unpacking the driver, you can just manually install it in the device driver.
How you can do this, you can find here.
I hope this might help other people as well. If you have a question, you can write me.
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