Eikon Mini USB Fingerprint Reader for PC

I read all the other reviews and those that don't like it, fine, but please do not say to not buy it or it's junk for there are plenty of others that really like this thing and use it, and some who might really like it won't at least try it because of your bad luck and choice of words. I have it setup on two ProBook 4720s laptops and there no better or worse then the built in readers on my other HP systems. There are some people that just don't have good finger prints but most of us do, and we have no problem with getting things to work on the first swipe, unless our fingers are dirty or we have scratched that finger or something, but that's not the readers fault. I have to fire up 5 systems every morning at work and all of them have the Eikon readers, and the system I use the most is the one with this mini so it gets lots of use and works well. What a pain when I had to type in passwords every morning, but these readers make it easy.Yes, finding out I needed new drivers and getting them off there website was a bit of frustration but now I got them and they work for my HP's with Windows 7 64 bit. The time saved using this mini out weighs the time it took to get and load drivers.I do have one small complaint, and that is I have a ProBook 4510s with XP that I really would like to use this on but it needs minimum windows 7 so I am out of luck there. I have Eikon's little USB travel one that does not need a wire so will just deal with it.OK then, after all that, once you get it working it's great, sometimes it just won't read your print, but in my case I have three fingers setup so if the main one does not fire I just use one of the others and were good to go. For the person that just has to use his thumb, why???((finger print reader, not thumb print)) unless your USB port is in the front you can't twist your wrist around to use your thumb, but ya got a bunch of fingers, don't ya???I do not bother with using different fingers to open things, to much trouble to remember what finger does what, so click the mouse on what I want to open and use the reader to deal with log and passwords. That old saying was (KISS) keep it simple stupid, wasn't it?So hey, I say try it, if you don't like it, sorry, but those that find it great, your welcome.Just remember, you may have to deal with getting drivers and software, but it's worth it in my book and I am very glad I took the trouble to figure it out.Almost forgot, I did not have any problems registering and getting software and drivers on there website. Was a lot easier then some of the sites I have to deal with a daily basis, but was not a piece of cake either, but once you got it, you got it. If you do have problems it's probably not the site, but something your doing not quit right.Well, that's my story.

I bought this two years ago and it worked fine. Then I needed to reinstall Windows 10. After the reinstall, Windows couldn’t see the device. After several reboots and unplugging /plugging the device in, the OS finally detected the device, but there was no driver installed. The original website for downloading the device driver no longer exists. Sadly, this once useful device is no longer useable.

It is a good item. I like the software and you get it right from the internet so it is the latest. If you put your computer in hibernation one time it didn't come back working. I unplugged it and reset it and it has been fine ever since.If you validate many fingers then all can be used for software access as well as win7 access. I wasn't crazy about that. You can only put 3 functions for each finger as well. The login password or passcard you never see and can never find which is very bothersome. You can be you have to click on the icons that are in with those not used as well. So you have to remember what you already setup.I would like there to be one that you can use two passwords or two accounts with and maybe different fingers. (like yahoo mail) This does not work but you can put in both and then when you get to the window a pull down menu appears asking you which one. That pull down mean can be a pain as well.It doesn't work every time but most of the time. You have to train your print 3 times for it to know it well enough I guess. Then it is pretty responsive. I think it works for seperate accounts too in win7. Don't really understand how this works yet. Trying to figure out how to cancel it or what is loaded as well. Went into startup manager and looking in the startup direction and didn't see it in either place.I've seen better software for HP's built in one. This is good but I don't like the interface for the software. Appealing colors and layout but doesn't have enough features or something. I'm kind of working with two apps now for this being norton and this one. So one or the other is getting on my nerves at times.The other thing is if you put in in a USB port then that is the dedicated hand to use on that side of the USB port. Kind of awkward to reach across to put it in that way. Although you can train it to be crooked some. A straight angle is harder to obtain from your hand opposite of the USB port.Works as well as, the built in HP one, I had tried with an older core2 duo machine at work. I got tired of logging in with a test setup at work. This one is kind of confusing because you train it to log in with one finger but any finger works or I have two that work even though I have 4 trained fingers for one hand. hmm? So you think it might open up whatever you programmed it to when swipping but at times it is for validation to get into the software, to change something or to log into windows or to get out of lock out mode. Should be in my opinion that you use one finger to program whatever you want it to be and only good for that one thing. This is much different because you swipe and then it opens web browsers and logs you in. So one swipe triggers many sites or programs to open and then you have all these windows. Sometimes I don't want to open all 3 programs, but just one, however I would like that same finger to open those when I am in a place where I want them to be open. (like if you go to the web site then fill it in). Kind of like shortcuts too. (ctrl-?) Where you swipe and get programs to open. There is a place where 3 checks exist. I haven't tried turning them off yet.Only three programs per finger though. You run out of fingers quickly. Thumbs seems to be a difficult task. Haven't really tried it but don't really have the angle there for a thumb as well as opposite hand.You can shutdown with it as well and put your computer into a lock mode. You can log into windows but again kind of does this with ease as well puts another icon in your user accounts. I don't really get this but ends up being the same where you trained it in. The same user even though there is another icon with a finger print on it. I think the software still leaves you the option to use either a finger or a user name and password.Takes a while to launch programs though. You can launch a bunch and then go do something else. Name files or something while they all time some time to come up. (time of this 2012, an older gen i5 4G)Still evaluating but do like to log in with this device.

My Gateway la[top has a UPEK biometric reader so I appreciated it as a feature. I'm sad to see that most manufacturers have eliminated the feature on newer computers.Since I just got a new Dell desktop, I decided to try out this item. Fortunately the Dell monitor has a USB in the side. I popped it right in, visited the website on the package to download the 64-bit software, and enrolled my fingerprints. It takes about 3 swipes with each finger and you're done. Five minutes top for install and setup.I would give five stars if there wasn't a maximum number of logins per finger. My laptop has no such limit and will login with any fingerprint I enrolled. That was the only disappointment as I see it. Once I dragged and dropped (assigned) a few logins to each fingerprint, I was off to try them out. Worked perfectly!I'd recommend this item if you're missing the biometric login feature. The item is super compact, works quickly, and so far makes computing life a tad more efficient.