HP Pavilion dv6 Fingerprint Scanner has stopped working

Ok, I have been trying to troubleshoot this problem for hours with no avail. I have looked up basically every suggestion out there for fixing the issue and none have worked.
I can no longer use my fingerprint scanner to log into my laptop like I used to before. When I swipe my finger across the scanner, it doesn't even light up, and the computer regiesters nothing. I thought this was maybe because I had unintentionally uninstalled some of the related software, but I wasn't sure what.
I uninstalled and reinstalled both HP SimplePass 2012, and the Validity Fingerprint Sensor driver from this url: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&softwareitem=ob-82046-1
My computer told me that the Validity reinstallation was successful, and I have rebooted my computer. I have even tried a hard reset. However, when I go into Control Panel > Handware and Sound > Biometric Devices, I see Validity Sensors Inc. appear in the list, but it is always listed as "Unavailable." If I go Control Panel > Hardware and Sound and click on "Use your fingerprint with Windows" under Biometric Devices, I get a message saying
"There are no fingerprint readers available at this time
There are no fingerprint readers attached to this computer, or all the fingerprint readers are being used by other programs"
Trying to go through HP SimplePass 2012 was thoroughly unhelpful, I found no menus or information related to fingerprint scanning or using fingerprints to log into Windows or anything.
I have even went into Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Services > Credentials Manager> restart, to restart the Biometrics stuff as well. Nothing.
So, I'm kind of at the end of my wits with this, and I've got nothing left in the playbook. Can anyone help me out? It would be very much appreciated!
P.S/EDIT: I'm running a 64 bit Windows 7 on my laptop, if that helps anyone.

Ok, I did a little more digging and I think I've figured out something.
It seems like what I uninstalled and reinstalled from my computer was HP SinglePass 2012.
What I need to be installing is HP SinglePass Identity Protection (2011?)
Because it seems like these are two completely different things. I was confused as to why screenshots of HP SinglePass Identity Protection didn't look anything like my SinglePass software.
Is this correct? Are these two programs different, and do I need the Identity Protection software? I'd like to believe HP DIDN'T create two different programs with the exact same name just to confuse me -_-
Anyway, going to be trying this later today.

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