AppendixB.SpecialconsiderationsforusingtheLenovo
FingerprintKeyboardwithsomeThinkPadnotebookmodels
ThengerprintdeviceusedinsomeThinkPadnotebookmodelsisdifferentthanthengerprintdeviceused
intheLenovoFingerprintKeyboard.Specialconsiderationsmightberequiredifthengerprintkeyboardis
usedonsomeThinkPadnotebookmodels.
Formoreinformation,gotothengerprintsoftwaredownloadpageontheLenovoWebsiteforalistofthese
ThinkPadnotebookmodels.
Onlythemodelslistedfor“LenovoFingerprintSoftware”requirespecialconsiderationwhenusedwiththe
ngerprintkeyboard.AllotherThinkPadnotebookmodels,whichuse“ThinkVantageFingerprintSoftware,”
useangerprintdevicethatiscompatiblewiththedeviceincludedinthengerprintkeyboard,anddo
notrequireanyspecialconsideration.
Congurationandsetup
LenovoFingerprintSoftware2.0orlatermustbeinstalledforusewiththengerprintdeviceusedinthe
ThinkPadnotebook.UsersmustenrollngerprintswiththeLenovoFingerprintSoftwareusingtheintegrated
ngerprintdevice.
ThinkVantageFingerprintSoftware5.8orlatermustbeinstalledforusewiththeLenovoFingerprintKeyboard.
UsersmustalsoenrollngerprintswiththeThinkVantageFingerprintSoftwareusingthengerprintkeyboard.
Note:Fingerprintsregisteredwithonedevicearenotinterchangeablewiththeotherdevice.
Pre-desktopauthentication
Eitherthebuilt-inngerprintdeviceorthengerprintkeyboardwillbeusedforpre-desktopauthentication
(replacingthesystempoweronorharddrivepasswordwithangerprint).TheBIOSwilldeterminewhich
devicetousewhenthesystemispoweredon.
Bydefault,theBIOSwillonlyacceptswipesonthengerprintkeyboard,ifitisconnected.Swipesonthe
integratedngerprintdevicewillbeignoredforpre-desktopauthenticationifangerprintkeyboardis
connected.Ifthengerprintkeyboardisnotconnected,theintegratedngerprintdevicewillbeused
forpre-desktopauthentication.
TheBIOSsettingfor“ReaderPriority”canbechangedtousethebuilt-inngerprintsensor.Ifthe“Reader
Priority”issetto“Internalonly,”thentheintegratedngerprintsensorcanbeusedforpre-desktop
authentication.Swipesonthengerprintkeyboardwillbeignoredinthiscase.
Windowslogon
TheLenovoFingerprintKeyboardandthengerprintdeviceusedintheThinkPadeachprovidetheirown
interfacetologontoWindowswithangerprint.
Important:Compatibilityissuesmaycauseproblemswithloggingonifthengerprintlogoninterfaces
arenotconguredcorrectly.
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