Using Fingerprint Authentication - Sony VGN-BX740 User Guide (Microsoft® Windows Vista™) User Manual

Using Fingerprint Authentication

Your computer is equipped with a fingerprint sensor to provide you with additional convenience. A small horizontal bar located
at the upper right of the keyboard is the sensor of the fingerprint reader and will be referred to as the fingerprint sensor
hereinafter.
Once you have registered your fingerprint(s), the fingerprint authentication functionality offers:
A substitute for password entry
Logging onto Windows
If you have enrolled your fingerprints for your user account, you can substitute fingerprint authentication for password
entry when logging onto Windows.
Power-on Security feature
If you have set the power-on password
fingerprint authentication for password entry when starting your computer.
Password bank for quick Web site access
You can substitute fingerprint authentication for entering information required to access the password-protected Web sites
(user accounts, passwords, etc.).
File Safe feature to encrypt/decrypt data
With the File Safe feature, you can encrypt files and folder to create an encrypted archive. To decrypt or access such
encrypted archives, you can use the fingerprint authentication or enter the password you specified for encryption.
Application launcher function for quick application access
Once you have assigned an application to your finger, you can then swipe the finger across the fingerprint sensor to
launch the assigned application.
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