A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In the larger sense, it is any pattern of physical or digital nature that serves as identifier.
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Can I use a fingerprint reader to secure access to programs/documents in Windows 8?
My daughter just got a new HP laptop with a fingerprint reader and Windows 8. She uses the fingerprint reader to log in but would also like to use it for document security.
Is there a way with ...
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Login using fingerprint after Windows 8 upgrade
I upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8. I have installed fingerprint sensor driver and it works properly for my HP DV6-3060EJ. The problem is in the login screen when I swipe screen flickers and doesn't ...
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Music Deduper alternate to Tuneup Media [closed]
Is there any free alternate to Tuneup Media Deduper that can identify and remove duplicate audio tracks using acoustic fingerprinting? I prefer a Linux version but Windows is fine too.
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How to add hostname to known_hosts to be used system-wide
As far as I know the default ssh option StrictHostKeyChecking is set to ask so the first ssh connection seems like:
$ ssh host.example.com
The authenticity of host 'host.example.com (1.2.3.4)' can't ...
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How can I set up two-factor authentication (use both fingerprint and password) on my HP Pavilion laptop?
I have an HP Pavilion dv6z-3000 laptop with a Validity VFS301 fingerprint reader. I'd like to set it up so that it prompts for both my fingerprint and password, but I can't find any such option for ...
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Change Windows 7 Lock Screen Logo changed by Dell Data Protection Access
When you install the "Dell Data Protection Access" software for Finger Print authentication, it customises the lock screen and adds an ugly Dell logo (it ignores the user's current picture). How do I ...
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Validity Sensor device not working after a few reboots unless I uninstall driver and rescan for hardware on Windows 8
Any idea why it's happening and how to investigate it?
Validity Sensor (VFS301)
USB\VID_138A&PID_0005&REV_0<90
Driver Version 2.1.0.2
IIRC it was based on a Windows 7 64bit driver ...
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HP ProBook 4540s - Can't find HP Protect Tools to activate fingerprint reader
I got an HP ProBook 4540s in December--When I first got it, every time I booted up, there was a rather large icon, almost like a Windows 7 gadget, to access HP Protect Tools, but I had too much going ...
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How do I extract fingerprints from .ssh/known_hosts?
My laptop has a well-populated .ssh/known_hosts file. I'd like to leverage that when connecting to remote hosts from my desktop, since tracking down the fingerprints can be a real chore. However, I ...
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Any good USB fingerprint readers for Windows 8 login?
Until now, I felt fingerprint readers an unnecessary gimmick - only "pro" versions of drivers saved anything other than the login password, and sometimes they saved the password in clear text.
But ...
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How can I enable the finger print scanner on an HP 4540 in Windows 8?
I have an HP 4540S and installed all drivers, software security, but the finger print scanner on my laptop does not work in Windows 8.
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X230 fingerprint reader not visible
My Lenovo X230 (2320-2LG) has fingerprint reader on it, but it's not visible in Windows (Windows 8 x64, clean install). I installed the ThinkVantage Fingerprint software (patch included), no luck. I ...
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Can I re-enroll BioExcess fingerprints without Finger Convenience?
Just got a new Lenovo laptop and, like the idiot I am, typo'd my username. No problem, thinks I, I'll just remove that user and create a new one.
Unfortunately, I had already registered almost all my ...
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Changing login icon of finger print
Is it somehow possible to change the image that's beeing showed, when finger print authentication is enabled? I'm talking of this image.
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What is a SSH key fingerprint and how is it generated?
I always find that I get this message when I ssh into a new machine:
12:f8:7e:78:61:b4:bf:e2:de:24:15:96:4e:d4:72:53
What does it stand for? Will every machine have the same fingerprint every ...
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Mac OS X TCP/IP fingerprint obfuscator
For several reasons, I need to either prevent my OS X machine from showing up as an OS X machine in TCP/IP fingerprinting, or make it show up as, say, a Linux machine. Is there an OS X program out ...
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LastPass fingerprint accepts all fingers?
I accidently scanned the wrong finger on LastPass, and it logged me on! Then I asked my mother to scan her finger, and her finger worked too! What's wrong here? I haven't bought LastPass. (I'm just ...
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How can I detect what program generated the HTML of a web site?
I'm doing some research which involves comparing websites. Some of the designs are terrible, and out of morbid curiosity I want to find out what program (Word, Dreamweaver, etc) generated them. Is ...
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Possibe data corruption in x-ray room
I built a small fingerprint ID system for a lab. Registration is done at a reception and identification at 2 other points. One point is the x-ray room
The problem: Identification often seems to fail ...
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Biometrics in Active Directory
Is it possible to implement Biometrics as a form of login with Active Directory in a Windows Server 2008 R2 set-up with Win7 clients?
I.e. a user roams freely among computers on the domain and simply ...
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How to use audiofingerprint sw (which?) to organise music by artist alphabetically, then artist then album/single/ep title? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Automatically sort music files into folders by album/artist names
Some audio files from my CD collection don't have any meta data/name or are incomplete. I'd like to use ...
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Cannot turn on fingerprint reader
I have an HP Pavilion DV7 laptop, which went through a troubled anytime upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate. It required Microsoft Customer Service to install a bunch of service ...
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automatically tag mp3 collection using shazam-like acoustic fingerprint
is there any software freely available to clean up the tags in your music collection , based on some sort of audio fingerprint type technology (like how 'shazam' app works on the iphone) combined with ...
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Tricks for truly securing SSH connections
I know SSH is secure as long as you're not suffering a MITM attack, but I want to know if there's a way to make SSH 100% secure even under such circumstances, discover you're being sniffed and ...
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Uses for Windows 7 fingerprint reader
I just bought a Thinkpad T410s. It comes with a finger print reader. I'm using it on Windows 7 Pro 64-bit for loging in.
Anyone have any other practical and useful ways to use it? For example, for ...
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How to remove Lenovo's “ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software” logon icon?
I think that the ThinkVantage Fingerprint software icon at the logon screen is annoying. I'm using Windows 7 Pro (64bit). It has a picture of a finger and it states "Swipe your finger" across the ...
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How to disable bio-protection?
I have an Acer laptop, which has a fingerprint scanner. It's actually kind of a cool piece of technology, but I have no use for it. I only installed the driver so my device manager wouldn't report an ...
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Can I use ssh host key verification with a round-robin DNS?
I'm logging into a server based on a round-robin DNS hostname -- "login.example.com" could go to any of a number of servers. Ideally, I'd like to be able to update my known_hosts file such that ...
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How do I get my Lenovo fingerprint reader working again?
At some point the fingerprint reader on my Lenovo Tablet PC (X41, running XP) quit working. The login screen still says "press ctl-alt-del or swipe finger", but swiping a finger no longer does ...
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“could not find suitable fingerprints matched to available hardware” error
I have a thinkpad t61 with a UPEK fingerprint reader. I'm running ubuntu 9.10, with fprint installed. Everything works fine (I am able to swipe my fingerprint to authenticate any permission ...
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MP3 fingerprint tagger
Does anyone know of a tool which will read mp3 audio information directly (not the tag information), generate a fingerprint of that audio information, recommend tags based on the fingerprint and retag ...
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Will my Lenovo fingerprint scanner work on Windows 7 Professional [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Anyone using the ThinkPad fingerprint reader?
I recently purchased Windows 7 but haven't installed it yet. I plan to do a clean install over my current Vista Ultimate. ...
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Why can I tamper the file?
To demonstrate the usefulness of signatures and digital fingerprints I loaded mspaint into a hex editor and altered one character from P to X (the character was located in a string). When I later on ...
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Fingerprint scanner not detected after Windows7 install
I've just upgraded my Dell Studio15 from Vista to 7 and it has stopped recognising the fingerprint scanner. I'm expecting to see Biometric Devices in the control panel (Start -> Control Panel -> ...
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Does the fingerprint reader in Vostro 1320 work in Windows 7?
I don't want to hear Dell's official stand on this.
Anybody got it to work in Windows 7 in the real world? Dell told me it's unsupported, but unsupported in tech support speak really means : "if you ...
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Fingerprint reader in Windows 7
Had RC2 installed and all was good. Installed the final release and no love.
Driver is installed and device shows as working, but I don't have "Biometric Devices" in control panel as described here:
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Turn off Windows 7 Fingerprint logon
Annoyingly, I can't seem to train Windows 7 with my fingerprints. (Can do one or two fingers, but mostly I find it useless)
I'd like to make the login screen go straight to letting me type in my ...
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During Lock Screen, Show My User, Not the Fingerprint
I have a Upek Eikon fingerprint reader and I am using it with Windows 7 RTM (for this question, it works the same as in Windows Vista). I was delighted to find that Windows 7 had native support and I ...
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Windows 7, View fingerprint scans on screen
I use the biometrics fingerprint reader in Windows 7 using an HP nc4400 laptop.
Everything works really well.
From a purely "cool/geek" factor I'd like to see the images of the fingerprint scans. ...
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How to use (AuthenTec) biometrics to directly unlock Windows 7
When my computer returns from sleep/lock it presents a logon screen where I can enter my password. To use biometrics, I must first press two buttons: "Other credentials" followed by the "Fingerprint ...
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FIPS 201 Compliant Keyboard with Fingerprint and Smart Card Reader?
Anyone know of a keyboard that has both a fingerprint and smart card reader and is FIPS 201 compliant?
Edit: I'm looking for a product that is currently on the market and certified.
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Anyone using the ThinkPad fingerprint reader? [closed]
I got a new ThinkPad with the built-in fingerprint reader. At first I thought it was silly, but then I thought, hey, this could save me typing my password every time I boot up.
Is anyone using it? ...
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Fingerprint recognition in Vista x64
I own a HP MobileWorkstation running Vista x64 Business, Serice Pack 1. The notebook has a personal identification device for fingerprints. Since I installed the 64-bit version of Vista, it is not ...
