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Pros:
software for fingerprint works flawlessly and VERY robust
Cons:
the fingerprint pad needs to cleaned (towel + water) REGULARLY or it wont sense your fingerprint anymore

works great but same problem with passworded screensaver. I think ms pushed this product out for the holiday season before the software was complete. I am in contact with ms support about this, since its a new issue they are researching it. Hopefully a patch will come out soon to fix this.. all in all its a cool product though, just hope they fix that little problem

This is great time saving device. I like the fact that I can just tap my finger on the unit and im logged into whatever page requires a log in. The initial web site login setup takes a few seconds and your done. The next visit its already saved and tap away and your in no more typing all those passwords and logins.

It does have a few flaws though but nothing major. The editing of sites needs a bit of work as its a bit of work if you need to edit a sites login information. Also, when you reboot your pc the device takes a while to initialize and sometimes its just faster to type in your xp login.

This device works as promised and for the most part I am very pleased with it.

I have a lot of websites with password access and this thing allows me to bypass the process of trying to remember each and every one. Also logs you into windows if you follow the directions correctly. I have NEVER had a problem with it recognizing my fingerprints. Some people say it works only 70% of the time but not for me. It works 99% of the time, and that last 1% is human error when I don't put enough of my fingerprint on the reader. It reads in any direction, so you could put your finger on it upside down or sideways. You can input all 10 fingers, which I did, and it makes it that much easier. I live in a dorm setting with lots of practical jokesters so this thing is very useful for locking Windows when I leave the room with the door open and just pressing my finger to unlock it. The problem is that it doesn't work with mozilla, but it really isn't a big problem for me. It DOES work with the newest IE7 Beta 2. I have also found that it works with some of my non-microsoft programs that require passwords. Overall, extremely useful.

Overall a pretty good product. Very convient if you have a lot of passwords. Only problems I see are that if you have a lot of duplicte passwords, the cite you are trying to get will not take the the duplicate password. Sometimes I have to repeatedly press my finger on the reader to get it to read. This is my second (broke the other one) and if need be I would buy another. There are other ones out there but they are more pricey and they all do about the same job. If you want real security and encrypting you'll have to put out a good bit more than you do for the Microsoft product.