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Attention:Ifyoualwaysuseyourfingerprinttologontothecomputer,youmightforgetyourpasswords.
Writedownyourpasswords,andkeeptheminasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyourpower-onpassword,
youmusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoauthorizedserviceroramarketingrepresentativetohavethe
passwordcanceled.Ifyouforgetyourharddiskpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordorrecover
datafromthestoragedrive.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoauthorizedserviceroramarketing
representativetohavethestoragedrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbecharged
forpartsandservice.
Settingthefingerprintreader
YoucanchangesomeadvancedsettingsintheThinkPadSetupprogram,see“UsingtheThinkPadSetup
program”onpage66.
YoucansetthefollowingconfigurationsintheThinkPadSetupprogram:
PredesktopAuthentication:Enablesordisablesfingerprintauthenticationbeforetheoperatingsystem
isloaded.
ReaderPriority:Definesthepriorityforthefingerprintreadersifanexternalfingerprintreaderisattached.
SecurityMode:Specifiesthesettingsofthesecuritymode.
PasswordAuthentication:Enablesordisablesthepasswordauthentication.
Note:ThisitemisdisplayedonlyifHighsecuritymodeisenabled.
ResetFingerprintData:Selectthisitemtoeraseallofthefingerprintdatastoredineithertheinternal
orexternalfingerprintreader.
Maintainingthefingerprintreader
Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethefingerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:
Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourfingernailoranythinghard.
Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtyfinger.
Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:
Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.
Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.
Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourfingerprint.
Ifyourfingerhasanyofthefollowingconditions,youmightnotbeabletoregisterorauthenticateit:
Yourfingeriswrinkled.
Yourfingerisrough,dry,orinjured.
Yourfingerisstainedwithdirt,mud,oroil.
Thesurfaceofyourfingerisdifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourfingerprint.
Yourfingeriswet.
Afingerisusedthathasnotbeenenrolled.
Toimprovethesituation,trythefollowing:
Cleanorwipeyourhandstoremoveanyexcessdirtormoisturefromthefingers.
Enrollanduseadifferentfingerforauthentication.
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