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Customizing Your VAIO Computer

Precautions on Using Fingerprint Authentication

❑The fingerprint authentication technology does not ensure complete user authentication or complete protection of your data and hardware.

Sony assumes no liabilities for any problems and damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the fingerprint sensor.

❑The fingerprint recognition rate depends on your operating conditions and varies among individuals as well.

❑Be sure to make a backup copy of the data stored on the built-in flash memory storage or the hard disk drive*, especially in the encrypted archives created with the File Safe feature, before sending your computer for repair.

Sony assumes no liabilities for any loss or modification of your data that might have occurred during the course of repair.

❑In case the built-in flash memory storage or the hard disk drive* has to be initialized, for example after the repair work, the fingerprint templates will be lost. You will have to enroll them all over again.

❑The maintenance and management of data concerning fingerprint authentication must be carried out at your own risk. Sony assumes no liabilities for any defects arising out of your data maintenance and management.

❑Before disposing of your computer or transferring it to a third person, it is strongly recommended you erase the fingerprint data enrolled on the fingerprint sensor after erasing the data stored on your built-in flash memory storage or hard disk drive*. See Erasing the Enrolled Fingerprints (page 129) for the detailed procedure.

❑A fingerprint sensor may malfunction or be damaged if you scratch its surface with:

❑a solid or sharp-pointed object

❑fine objects, for example swiping a finger covered with dirt across the fingerprint sensor

❑Discharge static electricity from your finger by touching a metallic object especially during dry seasons (e.g. winter) before scanning your fingerprint. Static electricity may cause a fingerprint sensor to malfunction.

*Your computer is equipped with a built-in flash memory storage or a hard disk drive, depending on the model you purchased. See the online specifications to find out about your storage device configuration.