ClientSecuritySolutionandPasswordManager
DifferentfromWindowslogon,authenticationrequestsfromClientSecuritySolutionandPasswordManager
onlyworkonthepreferredngerprintsensor.Forexample,whenangerprintkeyboardisconnected,its
ngerprintsensoristhepreferreddevice.Whenangerprintkeyboardisnotconnected,theThinkPad
internalngerprintsensoristhepreferreddevice.
Tochangethepreferreddevice,createaregistryentryasfollows:
[HKLM\Software\Lenovo\TVTCommon\ClientSecuritySolution]
REG_DWORD"PreferInternalFPSensor"=1
Table32.Registrykeys
NameValueDescription
0(default)Speciesthattheexternalngerprint
sensorispreferredwheneverthe
ngerprintkeyboardisconnected.
PreferInternalFPSensor
1
Speciesthattheinternalngerprint
sensorispreferred.
PrebootAuthentication–usingngerprintinsteadofBIOSpasswords
DifferentfromWindowslogon,authenticationrequestsforBIOSpasswordsonlyworkonthengerprint
sensorwhenBIOSisconguredtouse.Bydefault,BIOSrecognizestheswipesonthengerprintkeyboard
ifitisconnected.Ifthengerprintkeyboardisnotconnected,BIOSrecognizestheswipesontheinternal
ngerprintdeviceforauthentication.
TheBIOSsettingReaderPrioritycanbechangedtoforcetheuseoftheinternalngerprintsensor,even
whentheexternalngerprintkeyboardisconnected.ThedefaultvalueforReaderPriorityisExternal.The
settingcanbechangedtoInternalOnlytoforcetheuseoftheinternalngerprintsensor.
Note:ThisBIOSsettingappliestothengerprintpromptsonBIOSonly.Itdoesnothaveanyeffecton
WindowslogonorClientSecuritySolutionngerprintauthenticationrequests.
Conguringngerprintsoftwaretoenableprebootauthentication
Ifyouhavesetsupervisor,power-on,orharddiskdrivepasswordsinBIOS,youcancongurethengerprint
softwareforauthenticationinsteadofenteringthesepasswords.
LenovoFingerprintSoftware–fortheinternalngerprintsensor
1.ClickStart➙Programs➙ThinkVantage➙LenovoFingerprintSoftwaretostartthengerprint
software.
2.Swipeyournger,orenteryourWindowspasswordwhenprompted.
3.ClickSettingsatthetopofthewindow.
4.SelecttheUsengerprintscaninsteadofpower-onandharddrivepasswordscheckboxandthe
Alwaysshowpower-onsecurityoptionscheckbox,andthenclickOKtoclosethewindow.
5.ChooseoneoftheregisteredngerprintstoenableyourngerprintandreplacetheBIOSpasswords.
6.ClickClosetoclosethewindow.
ThinkVantageFingerprintSoftware(WindowsXP)–fortheexternalngerprintsensor
1.ClickStart➙Programs➙ThinkVantage➙ThinkVantageFingerprintSoftwaretostartthe
ngerprintsoftware.
2.ClickSettings➙Power-onSecurityatthetopofthewindow.
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