Did KB5077181 Break My Fingerprint Reader? (And How I Fixed It)
For many laptop users, biometric authentication is one of those “set it and forget it” features that defines the modern computing experience. On my Thinkpad X1 Carbon, the fingerprint reader has been my primary method for Windows Hello until this past weekend, when it suddenly stopped working. Instead of the usual quick scan, I was greeted with a prompt for my PIN. Digging into the settings, I found a frustrating situation: Windows had decided my once-trusted fingerprint reader was no longer secure enough. ...