Lenovo X200T problem: No login / finger print screen after locking.

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Hi all,

Google brought me to this forum for a problem I have with my Lenovo X200 Tablet thingie. I found another thread with the same kind of issue... But it was in the Macbook section heh, no good for me

After going to sleep, the login / finger print screen often doesn't appear, or even sometimes appears only to disappear a few minutes later. All I can see then is just the blue virtual keyboard thingie. The mouse moves, keyboard reacts normally (capslock on and off and stuff...). Pressing ctrl-alt-delete won't do any good... nor any evil... won't do anything actually :/

There's no way for me to get the control of the computer back, apart from a dirty hard shut down by pressing the power button for 4 seconds.


I'm using Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 (downgraded from Vista Buziness), fully up to date (Service pack 3, ...).

Any clue/solution/workaround on this problem?


Many thanks in advance!

 

Admittedly, I don't know much about the tablets, but I would start off by reinstalling the FP drivers and software. If that doesn't work then maybe backup your critical files and do a system restore. If that still doesn't solve it, then there maybe a hardware problem and Lenovo will need to solve it.

 

I've never had any trouble like that. Occasionally, the fingerprint reader won't recognize me (especially if I swipe too quickly), but it is always present.

As StealthTH said, I would recommend uninstalling and re-installing the fingerprint drivers.

 

You might also check for any BIOS updates that mention changes for the fingerprint reader.

 

Thanks for all the answers guys!

Uninstalling (removing all fingerprint data) and reinstalling latest fingerprint software from Lenovo's pages finally did the trick, or at least it seems it did!