▷ Install electronic dni in windows 10

There are more and more services offered by the state to carry out actions such as the declaration of income, make an appointment for a doctor or apply for state scholarships. Some of them only need user identification, others need a digital certificate, many of which we can do thanks to our electronic ID. In this step by step we are going to teach you how to install Windows 10 electronic ID.

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In order to use our electronic ID on our PC, not only do you have to enter it without further ado, we need a series of requirements and follow some steps.

What we need to install Windows 10 electronic ID

Smart card reader

The first thing we will have to see is if it is possible to use our ID on our PC. For this we need to have a smart card reader that also has the slot to enter DNI and other cards.

Let's see some examples of what these card readers look like:

Well, we already know what these readers look like for both desktops and laptops. There are a large number of these devices on the market and at very affordable prices.

The second thing we must do is make sure that the card reader is installed in the computer properly. Normally Windows 10 recognizes all or almost all of these readers without the need to use external drivers. It happens to know if Windows has recognized the device we will have to do the following:

We go to the start menu and write "Device Manager". We must access the search result that contains this same name

Once inside, we are shown a tree of devices connected to our equipment. we should look for something like "Smart card reader". If it is installed correctly it should not have a yellow exclamation mark on its icon.

If you have it or locate a device that says "Other devices" we will need to manually install the driver for our reader.

To try to install the appropriate driver, select the "Unknown device" icon and click "Properties". In the window that opens we must give "Update driver"

With this, we will open a wizard to search for drivers, either within our team or from the Internet. We will select the option to "Search automatically updated driver software"

In case of not being able to locate a controller we will have to look for them by other means. It is possible that on the official product page we have the necessary drivers. Or, if we are not getting anything, the best thing will be to contact the official support and see if they offer us solutions.

software

In addition to having a physical smart card reader, we also need the official software to install the digital certificates of the DNI. To install Windows 10 electronic ID and make it functional, we will need this software. To download it we should not go to the website of the National Police Force.

We select the option that corresponds to the version of our operating system. in our case it will be 64-bit.

Install electronic ID Windows 10

Once we have the reader configured correctly and the software downloaded. What we must do is install the software.

We double click on the downloaded application and the installation wizard will open. The only thing we must do is to follow all the screens of the wizard until the installation is complete. Maybe you will not ask us to restart the computer at the end of the installation. We proceed to it.

Now we will have everything we need. What remains is to enter the DNI in the reading slot and a message will appear from the software that we have installed.

If we also go back to the device manager we will have a new section where our ID and the device for reading it appear.

Use electronic ID

With the introduction of the electronic DNI, two digital certificates will automatically be installed for web browsers. This will allow us to carry out procedures through the official portals of the state, such as the DGT, Castastro, etc.

To see that the certificates have been installed correctly we are the following:

We go to the start menu and write "Internet Options" Click on the search result to access a configuration window

Now we go to the "Content" tab and within this, click on "Certificates". In this way we will see these two installed certificates.

Let's see how to use our electronic DNI:

We are going to use it to consult our point of the driving license. Very risky task, we hope not to find any unpleasant surprises. We access the page and select the option “Access by certificate”.

Now a pop-up window will appear where we must confirm the digital certificate. Click on accept.

Next, we will have to put our PIN. This we will have located in a sealed letter that they give us when we go to do or renew the DNI. If we do not know the PIN, we will have to go to a police station to renew it.

The Tax Agency indicates that the certificates expire every 30 months. So we will have to renew them before that period so that they continue in force. For this, we will have to go to the CNP Police Station to renew them.

Once the PIN is entered, the information we want will be shown to us.

Connection errors

It is likely that when we try to access our electronic ID to carry out procedures, it will show us errors such as these:

This, very possibly appears or our ID was renewed a while ago and the FNMT has recovered our certificate. The first thing we should do is check the official website of the Tax Agency for help with this type of error.

We also recommend:

If the error persists after you have consulted the help documentation, the best thing to do is go to a police station and renew our PIN and certificates properly and try again. As a personal experience, this error was resolved by renewing these certificates at the police station.

Have you been able to correctly use your electronic ID? We hope this tutorial has been useful to you.