Usingangerprintreader
Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermayhaveanintegratedngerprintreader.By
enrollingyourngerprintandassociatingitwithapower-onpassword,aharddiskpassword,orboth
passwordsbeforehand,youcanstartthecomputer,logontothesystem,andentertheThinkPadSetupby
swipingyourngeroverthereader,withouttypingapassword.Thusngerprintauthenticationcanreplace
passwordsandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.
Formoreadvancedsecurity,ClientSecuritySolutioncanbeinstalled.Thesoftwareiscompatiblewitha
varietyofuserauthenticationmechanisms,suchasthoseinvolvingngerprintauthentication.Thisngerprint
readercanworkwiththesoftware.
Note:ClientSecuritySolutionisnotpreinstalledonyoursystem.TodownloadClientSecuritySolution,
gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Enrollingyourngerprint
1.Turnonyourcomputer.
2.TostartLenovoFingerprintsoftware,refertoFingerprintSoftware.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoenrollyourngerprint.Fordetails,refertotheHelpforthe
program.
LEDbehaviorofthengerprintreader
Table3.LEDbehaviorofngerprintreader
IndicatorDescription
LEDblinksgreen.Thengerprintisbeingauthenticatedorhasbeen
authenticated.
LEDissolidgreen.Thengerprintreaderisreadytoswipe.
LEDblinksamber.Thengerprintcouldnotbeauthenticated.
Swipingyourngeroverthereader
Toswipeyourngeroverthereader,doasfollows:
1.Placetheballofyournger,thatis,thecentralpartofthengerprint,onthesmallcircleabovethe
reader.Makesurethattheentiretopjointofthengerisonthereader.
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