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    Do you (and when) get "Fingerprint system not available"??

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by iqcar, Jul 16, 2009.

  1. iqcar

    iqcar Notebook Evangelist

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    I am not sure whether I ever had it available when on battery, but I certainly don't remember I did. Now every time I bring my x200s with me and turn on it with battery, I always get "Fingerprint system not available. Please press blah blah to log in with password".

    I had just updated with the newest version of the fingerprint software and it didn't solve the problem.
     
    iqcar, Jul 16, 2009
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Do you honestly think three hours is enough time to legitimately expect a response? Your post isn't even off the first page, which is why people usually bump them. There's to be no bumps for 24 hours as per the forum rules.
     
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  3. iqcar

    iqcar Notebook Evangelist

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    Just happy to report that today I didn't get that message while on battery :)
     
    iqcar, Jul 17, 2009
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I get the same error. I wait about 5 seconds, though, and it usually ends up going away.
     
    Patrick, Jul 17, 2009
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    I get that error EVERY TIME. However, within 5 seconds it always finds the fingerprint reader and allows me to log in without issue.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jul 17, 2009
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    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    I think there's a but that replaces the Please Wait Message with this one.
     
    Patrick, Jul 17, 2009
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  7. iqcar

    iqcar Notebook Evangelist

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    My wait was much longer than 5 seconds, the "Please wait" looked like to stay there forever, for more than 1 minute I believe, and then "Fingerprint system not available". Once I didn't have enough patience and pressed Alt+Ctrl+Del while it still said "Please wait", then the screen went frozen, the cursor wouldn't work right, and I had to press the power button to force shutdown.

    In any case, whenever the "Please wait" has lasted more than reasonable time, I knew it's going to be "not available".

    Today was an exception, and I'm hoping more days will be like today :)
     
    iqcar, Jul 17, 2009
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