Microsoft Fingerprint Reader

I bought this thing thinking that it would be perfect for at home security from family members and freinds. It is really good at recognizing individual print and logging into Windows. However, Microsoft has done it again. The device is made by Digital Persona.Microsoft stuck their name on this edition and made it so it is only good for use of Microsoft products. In example, I use Mozilla FireFox and my roommate uses Opera. The device does not work for either browser. I thought it was broken. My friend suggested using it on Internet Explorer and low and behold it worked like a charm.In conclusion, if you like IE, it works good. If you like security, don't buy it.

Pros: I gave this item a 4 out of 5 stars because like many of you have so many sites that require logins now a days and some are not atonomous enough to remember your login info or password. This thing really comes in handy when logging onto your bank account website or other frequently viewed websites. So far successful programs that have worked which are non Microsoft programs are, Yahoo Messenger 8.0 and Gmail Notifyer. Logging into Hotmail, other sites like amazon.com are a breeze.Cons: While the hardware is a great product, Microsoft rather slacked on the software side. Yes it is intuitive to a point of recognizing your fingerprint but it is not smart enough on some websites that have a search bar before the login :(. The software program that manages the thumprint registration & manager lacks security in itself. You'd think a program like this would have a password protected login prompt but unfortunately it doesn't. If you have a strong and reliable internet security suite, I highly recommend this product.Final notes, i've read other reviews that say identity theives can steal your thumprint but if your really that concerned about it just clean the the reader surface as instructed by the product regularly and you should be good to go. I agree, this product works very well with recognizing your fingerprint almost effortlessly, and with a price this low you cant go wrong with peice of mind and its ease of use.

I have people in my house who like to bother others things. As well as people who don't know what they are doing and can mess up a pc. So this little thing is great for me. I am running a system with dual boot Vista/XP pro and this actually works on Vista. Nothing seems to come working with vistaa right now. So when I found out this did I was very happy. The setup is fast and easy. All you have to do is let it scan 2 finger prints and then it's done. When you start you pc it will show a pic of your finger print and ask you to scan your print. It has not made my pc start up any slower. I am running a very fast pc though. So it you have things you do not want people seeing. Or you have kids, brothers, sisters or even wives you do not want messing with your stuff I say get this then have a drink on it.

Having not tried another fingerprint reader yet (am going to purchase the APC Biometric Reader) I can't say how much better/worse this product is than others. However, though it is easy to install and setup, it:- reads my fingerprint correctly 7 out of 10 times- doesn't include a utility to easily modify previously setup logins- will not allow you to use it to login to a domain networkNow, I can deal with having to scan my finger more than once, but the other two issues should be corrected. The program comes with the ability to create quick links that are shortcuts to websites you've setup to use the fingerprint software. However, if one of these links is setup incorrectly, there is no simple one-stop utility to edit or remove them.Additionally, I purchased this unit as a test for moving our office to biometric fingerprint readers in place of standard passwords. Nowhere in the documentation, here on Amazon, does it state that this unit will not logon to a network domain. Microsoft apparently believes we still need to type our password to logon to Windows, which is one of the main things we wanted this unit to do for us.APC's Biometric Reader will logon to a network domain (called and confirmed with them).Simply stated: Good product worthy of 3 - 4 stars, but since they decided not to advertise its inability to logon to Windows, knocked down to 2 stars.A good product for home or workgroup use.

This product DOES NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS 10/11. It is way out of date, it is made to work with Windows XP. I think this seller is taking advantage of Amazon customers and purposely selling their OUT OF DATE PRODUCT on unsuspecting Amazon customers without drawing attention to the fact that IT WON'T WORK ON MODERN WINDOWS COMPUTERS WITH WINDOWS 10/11. I wouldn't buy anything from this seller. I think they purposely misled me and other customers. I'll NEVER BUY FROM THIS SELLER AGAIN.