Somehow the Driver for the fingerprint-reader of my HP Compaq 6910p got broken by a recently Windows Update.  
One way to restore a broken driver is to restore Windows to a restore point. If you just want to restore the last driver version follow this instructions: 
Start >   
Control Panel >    
Type in the search box "Device" >    
Click Device Manager >    
Click Personal identification devices > (Or any other device group)    
Click Authentec ‘xxx’ > (Or any other device)    
Go to tab Driver >    
Click Roll back driver