Windows 7 Fingerprint software VS. Lenovo Fingerprint software

Does anyone know what the difference is between the fingerprint software that's included in Windows 7 and the "Lenovo Fingerprint Software" download?

When I installed Windows 7 RTM, it automatically installed the driver and I was able to configure the fingerprint functionality via the Biometric Devices option in the Control Panel, and it's been working well ever since. I'm wondering whether installing the Lenovo software provides additional functionality that may be useful... At the same time, I don't want to mess up my working fingerprint functionality! Any opinions on either one?

FYI, I have a T400 with the AuthenTec Inc. AES2810 fingerprint device.

Thanks!

 

Here's my opinion and I used both drivers. The driver that win7 used to download automatically seems to be better than lenovo's driver. It let's you swipe your finger to log in pretty much straight away when you get to the login screen where as with lenovo driver there's few seconds delay. Neither of the drivers let you use the finger print for anything else other than login to windows, like passwords on websites and such (or at least i haven't found a way to use it like that) and with both you can enroll up to 10 fingers.

The reason I said win7 used to download it automatically is because... it doesn't do it anymore, for me anyway. I had to google around to find the driver on my own (it was somewhere on autentech's page iirc, marked as a driver for win7 beta, or something like that).

I don't really use windows on my laptop but I found autentech's driver to be superior to lenovo's (while both being pretty basic anyway).

 

Not quite true. With Lenovo Fingerprint reader software/driver installed, you can use the fingerprint reader for pre-OS authentication.

As for using it for web sites, you need to install Lenovo's ThinkVantage Client Security Solution software.

 

Thanks for the clarification JabbaJabba, I wasn't aware of that. Like I said, I don't really use windows on my laptop. Not to mention that finger print scanners have been proven relatively easy to hack (which probably doesn't make much difference for home users though)