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- Introducing the Optional Fingerprint Sensor Device
With the second option,
Manually log on to OmniPass at startup
, OmniPass will prompt you to login once you have
logged on to Windows.
With the third option,
Do not log on to OmniPass at startup
, OmniPass will not prompt for a user to be logged on.
You can manually log on to OmniPass by right-clicking the OmniPass taskbar icon and clicking
Log in User
from the
right-click menu.
Troubleshooting
You cannot use OmniPass to create Windows users. You must first create the Windows user, and you will need
administrative privileges to do that. Once the Windows user is created, you can add that user to OmniPass using the
same username and password
Cannot add Windows users to OmniPass
If you experience difficulties adding a Windows user to OmniPass, you may need to adjust your local security settings.
You can do this by going to
Start, Control Panel
,
Administrative Tools,
and
Local Security Settings
. Expand
Local
Policies
, expand
Security Options
, and double-click
Network Access: Sharing and Security Model for Local
Accounts
. The correct setting should be
Classic - Local Users Authenticate as Themselves
.
Cannot add a User with a Blank Password to OmniPas
If you experience difficulties adding a user with a blank password to OmniPass, you may need to adjust your local
security settings. First attempt the procedure explained in the
Cannot add Windows user to OmniPass
section. If the
difficulties persist, then try the following procedure.
Click
Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools,
and
Local Security Settings
. Expand
Local Policies
, expand
Security Options
, and double-click
Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only
.
This setting should be set to Disabled.
Dialog appears after OmniPass authentication during Windows Logon
After installing OmniPass on your system, you can choose to logon to Windows using OmniPass. You authenticate
with OmniPass (via master password, or an enrolled security device) and OmniPass logs you into Windows. You may,
during this OmniPass authentication, see a
Login Error
dialog box.
