From: "Jan van Wijk" Received: from mxout3.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.167] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 525137 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:54:42 -0500 Received: from mxin1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.175]) by mxout3.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GjgwW-0009e1-K4 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:54:42 -0500 Received: from amsfep19-int.chello.nl ([213.46.243.16] helo=amsfep17-int.chello.nl) by mxin1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GjgwW-000Fyb-2H for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:54:04 -0500 Received: from merlin ([80.57.183.31]) by amsfep17-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20061113185356.MXAZ27273.amsfep17-int.chello.nl@merlin> for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:53:56 +0100 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:54:03 +0100 (CET) Reply-To: "Jan van Wijk" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: OT Still: Fingerprint Reader [Was JFS file recovery] Message-Id: <20061113185356.MXAZ27273.amsfep17-int.chello.nl@merlin> X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) FYI, On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:32:38 -0500 (EST), Jerry Prather wrote: >>OTOH, based on advertising, I thought the reader could be used in place >>of almost any password request. But, maybe that is the special >>software that is needed, but not available on eCS? > >I haven't seen any of this in operation in Doze. The only place >where the fingerprint hardware seems to be used is before the >system starts. I have a T42P with the original IBM supplied Windows-XP and there IS added software for reader! When XP shows its screen with available users, I can either click on one of those and supply a password, or I can simply swipe a finger over the reader. When recognized (80% :-) it selects the correct user for that finger and logs on ... You would need OS/2 based software to do something similar for eCS. I have NOT enabled the power-on usage of the reader which, as someone mentioned that is probably handled by the BIOS. I would find that to anoying (mandatory use) since I often use the T42 docked, with closed lid ... The Windows use of the reader is optional (KBD works too). Regards, JvW Regards, JvW ========================================================================= DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com