2. Biometrics

Facial recognition (Hello-Face) and Fingerprint ID are used to automatically unlock your computer with your camera/fingerprint reader. Disable this.

Danger

After every major windows update, verify these settings.

Disable Biometrics

Delete Hello-Face

Remove facial recognition package powershell (as admin)

Get-WindowsPackage -Online | Where PackageName -like *Hello-Face* | Remove-WindowsPackage -Online -NoRestart

GPO

Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Biometrics

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DISABLED

Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference

Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Biometrics

Enabled

DWORD

0

Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference

Task Scheduler

⌘ › Task Scheduler › Task Scheduler Library › Microsoft › Windows › HelloFace › FODCleanupTask › 🖱 › Disable

Name

FODCleanupTask

Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference