Surface pro 7 login says "Couldn't turn on the camera, please sign in with your pin"

Anonymous
2019-12-08T16:52:33+00:00

Hi,

After the recent update on my Surface pro 7 Windows Hello Face not working and its saying "Couldn't turn on the camera, please sign in with your pin"

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-02T23:51:37+00:00

    This worked for me. Access settings on your device, then click on "system". Then click "get help" on right side of screen. Automated assistant will pop up. Enter "Windows Hello Camera" in search box. It should provide an option for "Windows Hello Camera issue". Select this option and it should reset your camera returning it to normal.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-03T03:47:31+00:00

    I did the same thing. My new one does the same thing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-09T02:35:30+00:00

    Same exact issue. Have tried the Microsoft help feature. The issue is still occurring occasionally. Reboots only help for a short time. Very irritating issue always having to restart the tablet because my camera light is on inappropriately and then will not work for applications.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-09T03:00:32+00:00

    Same here. I also get green screen of dearh when starting certain video apps.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-17T18:19:04+00:00

    Hello Bhaskar Sadhukhan,

    Thank you for reaching out Microsoft Community. We are sorry for the inconvenience you can go ahead and try this step to reload the drivers for your Surface.

    • 1.Press and hold the power button until the screen turns off (about 10 seconds), then release the power button.
    • 2.Press and release the power button to turn your Surface back on. You should see the Microsoft logo.

    Please keep us posted.

    Regards,

    Jonas_T

    Just bought this surface pro and set up, there is no switch camera button found at all. Please advice. I am using zoom meeting and cannot see me and the video button does not  show. The error message said please check your driver. At another help button, I deleted one camera on my device manager. Nothing is working. Please advice.

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