Enabling PIN
  • 24 Mar 2023
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Enabling PIN

  1. Log-in as a Local Administrator to the workstation you would like to make changes on.
    1. The Client Configuration Tool will only run under an account with Local Administrator privileges.
  2. Navigate to the Windows® Start menu> All Programs > HealthCast > ExactAccess > Utilities > Configuration > Client Configuration and choose ProxCard Support.
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  3. In the PIN Operation section select to either enable or disable prompting for PIN during authentication.
  4. Set the minimum length PIN a user must choose during enrollment.
  5. Click OK.

The PIN functionality is now set and will take effect without a reboot.

Configuration for PIN

HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ProxCardClient\PIN

The following registry settings can be configured for PIN support

  • AllowPinEnrollment: reg_dword = 1
    • A setting of 0 will disable PIN enrollment
  • MinPinLength: reg_dword = 4
    • Minimum PIN length is 4, but can be as long as 6
  • PinPromptInMinutes: reg_dword = 0
    • PIN Prompting can be disabled by setting this to hex: 0xFFFFFF or decimal: 4294967295. The setting is either enabled or disabled.

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