Re: Microsoft Fingerprint Reader

You cannot use a fingerprint reader to log onto a domain.
This is by design.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Jim de Graff" wrote:

| Does anyone know hot to use the fingerprint reader to log on to a domain? We
| have three APC fingerprint readers that work just fine this way but we have
| other users who got the MS reader and the fine print says you can use it to
| log on to a local machine, but not a domain account. I heard there might be
| a fix for this.

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