User guide

Indicatorbehaviorofthengerprintreader
IndicatorbehaviorDescription
Green
Thengerprintreaderisreadyforswiping.
Amber
Thengerprintcannotbeauthenticated.
Associatingyourngerprintswithyourpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword
Toassociateyourngerprintswithyourpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffandthenturnonthecomputer.
2.Whenprompted,swipeyourngeroverthengerprintreader.
3.Enteryourpower-onpassword,harddiskpassword,orbothasrequired.Theconnectioniscreated.
Whenyoustartthecomputeragain,youcanuseyourngerprintstologontothecomputerwithnoneedto
enteryourWindowspassword,power-onpassword,andharddiskpassword.
Attention:Ifyoualwaysuseyourngerprinttologontothecomputer,youmightforgetyourpasswords.
Writedownyourpasswords,andkeeptheminasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyourpower-onpassword,youmust
takeyourcomputertoaLenovoauthorizedserviceroramarketingrepresentativetohavethepassword
canceled.Ifyouforgetyourharddiskpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordorrecoverdata
fromtheharddiskdrive.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoauthorizedserviceroramarketing
representativetohavetheharddiskdrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbecharged
forpartsandservice.
Settingthengerprintreader
YoucansetthengerprintreaderintheFingerprintManagerProprogram.Youalsocanchangesome
advancedsettingsintheThinkPadSetupprogram.
TochangethesettingsintheFingerprintManagerProprogram,clickSettingsontheprogrammain
interface.TochangethesettingsintheThinkPadSetupprogram,see“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”
onpage101
.
YoucansetthefollowingcongurationsintheThinkPadSetupprogram:
•PredesktopAuthentication:Enablesordisablesngerprintauthenticationbeforetheoperatingsystem
isloaded.
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