Hardware based protection of the windows hello credential keys requires tpm 1 2 or greater.
Windows 10 32 bit vs 64 bit performance comparison.
Check the program files folder name.
1 to use windows hello with biometrics specialized hardware including fingerprint reader illuminated ir sensor or other biometric sensors is required.
Windows 10 32 bit is more likely to work with older hardware and software but you ll miss out on some of the performance and feature benefits that are only available in windows 10 64 bit.
It s easy enough to check.
For instance a computer with a 32 bit cpu cannot have a 64 bit version of an installed operating system os.
32 bit and 64 bit are terms referencing on how a processor embedded in the computer or cpu handles data a 32 bit architecture allows the arithmetic and logic unit alu or digital circuit to perform 32 bit integer arithmetic and logical operations.
If you are running windows on a computer less than 10 years old your chip is almost guaranteed to be 64 bit but you may have installed a 32 bit version of the os.
If no tpm exists or is configured credentials keys protection will be software based.
The type of a cpu changes the overall performance of a computer and it also determines what kind of software is used.
The two main categories of processors cpu are 32 bit and 64 bit.
Windows 10 s running on a microsoft surface device.