Readme for ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software 5.8 Copyright 2001-2009 by UPEK All Rights Reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for using ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software 5.8. This Read Me file contains important information regarding the current version of this product. It is highly recommended to read the entire document. ___________________ WHAT'S IN THIS FILE - What is ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software - Installation - Silent Install - SMS Install - Documentation - Known Problems __________________________________________ WHAT IS THINKVANTAGE FINGERPRINT SOFTWARE ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software is a desktop security and convenience product for Windows XP and Vista. Its components provide an easy and convenient access to your computer, web pages, and sensitive files using a biometric device. The product is designed to be extremely easy to install and to use. ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software enables - fingerprint logon (with boot security support for strip sensor) - fingerprint fast user switching _____________________ INSTALLATION ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software installation is carried out by the Setup wizard. It is recommended to read explaining texts in wizard screens to avoid potential problems. The detailed description of the installation procedure can be found in the user documentation. Authentication hardware is installed together with the whole product. If you use an external type of hardware, connect it after you install the software part. You will be asked to do so after you reboot the computer after installation and log on your computer. If any problems, drivers and instructions can be found in tc-driver folder. _______________________ SILENT INSTALL Silent installation of ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software is also possible. 32-bit OS: Run Setup.exe in the Install directory on your CD-ROM. Use the following syntax: Setup.exe /q /i Example: Setup.exe INSTALLDIR="F:\Program Files\ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software" /q /i 64-bit OS: Run Setup.msi in the Install directory on your CD-ROM. Use the following syntax: msiexec.exe /i Setup.msi /q Example: msiexec /i Setup.msi /q INSTALLDIR="F:\Program Files\ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software" You can specify the following properties: INSTALLDIR Installation directory CTLCNTR Set to 0 if you do not display Control Center on startup; default = 1 (display). PSLOGON Fingerprint Logon; - XP: default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable the fingerprint logon. - Vista: default = 0 (disabled), set to 1 to enable the fingerprint logon. POSSSO Single sign-on; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable single sign-on Non-administrator user privileges ENROLLSELF Allow fingerprint enrollment; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. DELETESELF Allow fingerprint deletion; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. IMPORTSELF Allow import and export; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. ENROLLTBX Allow selection of fingerprint for power-on; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. REVEALPWD Allow Windows password recovery; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. Anti-hammering protection (Lockout Settings) LOCKOUT Enable anti-hammering protection; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. LOCKOUTCOUNT Maximum retries. Default is 5, you can use any value. LOCKOUTTIME Timeout in miliseconds. Default is 120 000, you can use any value up to 360 000. Authentication timeout (Inactivity Settings) GUITMENABLE Enable Authentication timeout in miliseconds; default = 1 (enabled), set to 0 to disable. GUITMTIME Authentication timeout duration. Default is 120 000, you can use any value up to 360 000. PWDLOGON FP-only logon for non-admin users. Enabled, set to 0 to disable. NOPOPPAPCHECK Always show power-on security options. Disabled, set to 1 to enable. CSS Assume CSS is installed. Disabled, set to 1 to enable. All properties are optional. To uninstall, use /x instead of /i. During standard uninstall with user interface, dialogs for selecting whether to delete existing passports and disable the boot security feature are displayed. In silent uninstall, you can use the following properties: DELPAS Set DELPAS="1" to delete existing passports. If these properties are not defined, or have any other value, passports are left on the computer and the boot security remains enabled. If you leave the boot security on, you will not be able to edit fingerprints in the boot security memory unless you re-install the product. Example: Setup.exe DELPAS="1" /q /x uninstalls the product, deletes all existing passports, and leaves the boot security on. ___________________ SMS INSTALL SMS Installations are also supported. Open SMS Administrator Console, create a new package and set package properties in a standard way. Open the package and select New-Program in Programs item. To the command line field, enter Setup.exe /m yourmiffilename /q /i Optionally, enter desired parameters as described in the Silent Install section. Setup normally reboots at the end of installation process. If you want to suppress all reboots during installation and reboot later (after installing more programs), add REBOOT="ReallySuppress" to the list of properties. __________________________ DOCUMENTATION You can find the documentation of the ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software in the \Doc directory on the installation CD. The documentation is in pdf format. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download it from www.adobe.com. ____________________________ KNOWN PROBLEMS Standby problem Computer can be woken up from standby by a finger even if "Allow this device to bring PC out of standby" is unchecked. The driver is not able to turn remote wakeup off in situation when remote wakeup is disabled and selective suspend enabled in the device manager. Both check boxes must be unchecked for the correct behavior.