Logging onto your system, Logging onto windows, Power-on security feature – Sony VGN-TZ290 User Manual

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Customizing Your VAIO Computer

Logging Onto Your System

To use the fingerprint authentication functionality in place of password entry to log onto your system, you need to set the
power-on, hard disk, and Windows passwords and configure your computer for fingerprint authentication.

For setting the power-on, hard disk, and Windows passwords, see Setting the Password

(page 110)

.

Logging onto Windows

If you have enrolled your fingerprints for your user account, you can substitute fingerprint authentication for Windows
password entry. To log onto Windows, swipe the finger with the enrolled fingerprint across the fingerprint sensor when the
Windows log-on screen appears.

For detailed information on logging onto Windows, click Start, All Programs, Protector Suite QL, and Help to read the help
file.

Power-on Security feature

If you have set the power-on password

(page 111)

and/or the hard disk password

(page 116)

, you can substitute fingerprint

authentication for password entry when starting your computer.

For detailed information on the Power-on Security feature, click Start, All Programs, Protector Suite QL, and Help to read
the help file.

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