Thinkpad fingerprint security
I recently bought a "new to me" Thinkpad T43 on Ebay. It's not arrived yet - I keep getting conflicting stories as to why not. I suspect the seller had activated the "fingerprint recognition" and doesn't know how to turn it off.
Sooner or later, he'll ship it, I'm sure. Then I wonder if I'll be trying to bypass his fingers.
Short of wiping the machine and reinstalling everything (which I assume will do the job), is there another way to knock out the fingerprint kit? If he set a master password, will that bypass and enable switching-off the fingerprint stuff (which I'd never use - my iPaq had it: it was a complete pain)?