All the options in the “Sign-in options” page in Settings → Accounts may be grayed out in your Windows 10 or 11 System.
Also, you see the notification, “Some of these settings are managed by your organization.”
As a result, you can’t enable the Windows Hello settings, facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, PIN, and Dynamic lock.
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To enable the options in the Sign-in options page in Settings, follow these steps:
Option 1: Using Command Prompt.
Open an admin Command Prompt and run:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Settings\AllowSignInOptions" /v "value" /d "1" /t REG_DWORD /f
Press Enter.
You should see the output, “The operation completed successfully.”.
If the settings are not restored in Sign-in options, restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
Option 2: Using the Registry Editor.
Launch regedit.exe and go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Settings\AllowSignInOptions
Double-click the DWORD value named “value” and set it to “1”
Exit the Registry Editor.
Restart Windows.
The Accounts → Sign-in Options settings should now be restored.
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This fix did not work for me. The Value in my registry was already set to (1).
Doesnt work