Digital Persona 88003-001U.are.u 4500 Reader 70" Cable

I highly recommend this fingerprint reader if you are looking for one that is compatible with both Windows 11 and Ubuntu-Linux operating systems (I know from experience these are difficult to find). I purchased this reader to use with my Windows 11 HP laptop that I also dual-boot with Ubuntu. Initial setup with both operating systems were very straightforward. In Windows 11, after downloading one driver (the packaging includes a card with a link to download different drivers based on the OS) the reader was immediately detected/operational. In Ubuntu, the reader was simply plug-and-play. The reader itself feels premium and well-made, and has rubber feet on the bottom that prevents it from sliding when you scan your finger. Another bonus is that the fingerprint reader functioned on both operating systems concurrently (I didn't have to remove and re-install the reader when booting between Windows and Ubuntu.

I am writing a review for this device because finding a fingerprint reader that works, out of the box, with Ubuntu is not easy. I tested some other devices and they did not work well. I am giving five stars because the device worked when connected with no issues. I plugged it in and it worked, which is not typical for Linux. The vendor does offer drivers for Linux if needed, but I did not have to install them. I think the drivers are more for developers working with this device. For users who simply want the convenience of fingerprint unlock for Ubuntu, this works well. Note that my five star for the device should not be misconstrued for a five star experience on Linux. By design Linux is more secure and not going to allow as much flexibility as Windows does where you can pretty much use a fingerprint in place of a password. Apple has also put more design time in to make fingerprint reader more functional, although users of Mac will see some similarities when using Linux. By design you cannot use fingerprint reader to decrypt a disk. If you set up your disk with encryption, know that when you power on or reboot, you will need to enter your password to decrypt. While you can use fingerprint to login you will find that immediately after logging in you will be prompted to enter your password for your keyring. This is again, by design, or at least the way Ubuntu works. What I'm saying is its not a bug. Where Apple seems to have done the work to use fingerprint for keyring, Ubuntu has not. Since it is open source, perhaps someone will tackle this in the future, but for now keyring requires a password. There are work arounds like setting the keyring to use a blank password, but this is not recommended. Essentially, the fingerprint can be used to unlock your screen, and it can be used in place of a password for sudo, which is very convenient. Third-party products like 1Password will also use fingerprint for unlock, but just like the built in keyring, the initial login after a reboot requires you to enter the password the first time you open it. I call this out because this reader is not cheap, so the user needs to determine if the convenience is worth the price. I can tell you that quality wise this appears to be a solid device that is made well. It has metal in the construction, feels solid, and has weight to it. So if you want the convenience, and the price is not an issue for you, then it can make working with an Ubuntu desktop a bit easier. I was very pleased that it worked right out of the box with no additional drivers needed. I am currently running Ubuntu 21.04 with GNOME 3.38.5.

Worse purchase that I have ever made through Amazon. No instructions on how to connect to a computer. Found the manufacturer’s website and tried to download drivers. No luck. Requested a refund/return to Amazon only to find out I to return it to the manufacturer. They accepted the return and instructed me to print the mailing label. My printer is not working and was offered they would print and send me the label. A week later and pass return deadline- no label. I called Amazon customer service. No help at all. I give up and will never purchase from a sponsor on Amazon ever again. Definitely don’t purchase this scanner. Nothing but junk.

Updated 21 November 2015 - Windows 10! (May work with 8.1 too) Note: To date I have only gotten this to work with local accounts. Microsoft "Hello" does not appear as a sign-in option for my account settings, and the MS Live account is apparently tied to it. The login screen reports the fingerprints associated with that account as "not verified." A lot of folks on the Internet seem to be having this issue (Hello unavailable), so maybe a solution will appear. My test machine has multiple users and using the reader at login correctly identifies all the accounts, (even recognizes my "live account" fingerprint and highlights that account), but the rest of the login process only executes for the local accounts... Pin or password makes no difference - Company website is now "Crossmatch.com" You can search the site by filename below (leave off the .zip extension) to download. - Latest firrmware update remains DP00_02_004.zip, dated March 10, 2009 - Latest driver is 4.0.0.143 (DP00_02_008.zip), dated September 27, 2010 (Note that the older version 4.0.0.128 (DP00_02_003.zip), dated July 9, 2009 also works. - Last but not least, (with much thanks to Amazon reviewer* Derek P!) a compatible copy of the DigitalPersona Personal software can be found on the Hewlett-Packard support website! *Amazon has this device listed in multiple locations, and Derek reviewed one of the "other" ones, so I'm adding the information here. Per his review - 1) go to http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-HDX-X18-Premium-Notebook-PC-series/3884582/model/3884583#Z7_3054ICK0KGTE30AQO5O3KA30R1 2) From the Operating System drop-down, select "Microsoft Windows" 3) From the Version drop-down, select "Windows 7" 4) Click the "Update" button 5) Scroll down and select the plus sign next to "Software-Security" 6) Download the 64-bit or 32-bit version as appropriate. Instructions (thanks again, Derek): 1) Do not immediately attach the device. 2) Install the driver, then reboot. 3) Log in with your password, plug in the device, install the DP-Personal application, reboot again. note next step, use your password to login, even through you can now see a fingerprint message on the login window. 4) Log in with your password, and run the DigitalPersona-Personal program to enroll fingerprints. Don't try to enroll from the login screen. Good luck! ---------------- Original review ---------------- Pros: Build quality & design. Cons: No "out of box" functionality (details below). Bottom Line Up Front: I have two and both work like a charm on XP Pro 32 and 7 Ultimate x64, once I was able to locate and install the necessary driver and application. I have used U.are.U fingerprint readers on multiple systems since version 1.0 on Windows 98 (including the Microsoft-branded 2.0 version for XP) and have never found any flaws with the hardware. This model is by far the best built and looks/feels like it should last "forever." I upgraded to this model when I began planning to upgrade my operating system to Windows 7, as the Microsoft wizard informed me the old 2.0 reader would be incompatible with the new operating system. (Why didn't Microsoft support "their own" product? But I digress...) I initially successfully installed them with Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit) and am now running on Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) with no issues other than procuring software. The product ships without drivers or application software, both of which are required before it will operate properly. Unlike some other reviewers' experiences, my Windows 7 system did not recognize the reader until I manually installed drivers. Note: If you are upgrading from an older fingerprint reader, be sure to uninstall any older application before installing the new drivers. For example, I had the DigitalPersona Password Manager for my 2.0 reader on the system. This application did not work with the 4500 reader and I ended up having to uninstall the new driver, uninstall the application, and re-install the driver. The driver is available from the DigitalPersona dot com website, albeit indirectly. A search for "u.are.u 4500 drivers" (I used Google) gave me the link. The most recent version is 4.0.0.128, the file name is DP00_02_03.zip published March 10, 2009. Simply unzip and run the executable, then reboot. This driver worked with both my XP and 7 configurations. The operating system recognized that I had the U.are.U 4500 attached, and placed a (at this point non-functioning) "fingerprint log on" icon on my welcome screen. Note: The latest firmware (search for "u.are.u 4500 firmware") is also available on the same website. It is Version 102, the file name is DP00_02_04.zip published July 9, 2009. Version 4.x application software is still required at this point to register your fingerprints and actually use the reader. The Digital Persona company used to offer a "Personal" version for retail consumers, but stopped supporting it on April 26th, 2010. They now focus exclusively on corporate/ enterprise/ OEM markets. They will sell the least expensive version of their "Pro Workgroup" software for about $35 per license at the time I write this. It offers a number of pretty awesome features, I recommend looking at it. They offer a free trial as well. For my limited purposes, it was overkill if a free option was available. Copies of the "Personal" software are still floating around the Internet. Of course it will not be supported by the Digital Persona company. The last version was 4.11, but the application includes an upgrade function that may make it possible to install an earlier 4.x version and then get to 4.11 anyway. There are both 32 and 64 bit versions of the "Personal" software, and they are NOT mutually compatible. There is also a version tailored for HP notebooks that may or may not work on other systems. On the XP system I successfully installed an HP 32-bit 4.01 which upgraded to 4.11. On the 64-bit system I initially tried an HP version that did not work, but after about an hour of searching I found a non-HP 4.11 64-bit install that works fine. Unfortunately I can't post links in this review, but the personal applications are still out there if you don't want the professional version and don't mind that they are no longer supported. April 2013 Update: I have not been able to get these to work with Windows 8 yet. The OS recognizes the hardware, but the "Personal" software does not work. I am waiting for a response from Digital Persona as to whether an affordable commercial application is available.

This Digital Persona u.are.u 4500 fingerprint reader does work on a laptop running linux mint 22.3. Remember to disable linux mint auto-login if you enabled it during installation if you wish to use it to authorize logging in. It will work for other security prompts such as SUDO or updates regardless.

These fingerprint readers are great, being incredibly accurate, solidly built, and including a good 6 ft or more USB cable. Problem is, you will spend hours searching the web for drivers for this fingerprint reader. If you choose to use it with Windows 10 Hello, as I did, you will need a specific Windows Hello Driver for this device. Those drivers will also need to be installed through Windows Update. It's somewhat annoying, but these were never really designed for some home consumers. These are more designed for business applications. Despite that, once you install a driver, it works great. After installing the Windows Hello Drivers, I added two fingerprints on my right hand, then restarted my PC and attempted to login. The moment I got to the login screen, the fingerprint reader lit up blue. I tried my fingerprint, and it logged me in immediately. These are amazing for Windows Hello if you can find the drivers for it. Windows Hello allows you to log into Windows faster than any other method. It's faster than using a pin, and especially than using your Microsoft Account Password, while being more secure. It's not perfect, but I would still recommend it if you can get drivers for it. UPDATE 5/8/2023 This fingerprint reader still works in Windows 11, albeit still needing to search for drivers for it if on a new system. The drivers can be found by Googling " Digital Persona U are U 4500 Windows Hello Driver". The official driver can be found on the HID Global website(second link down in the Google Search). Extract the zipped driver to it's own folder. Open the unzipped folder, open the folder named setup then open the file named setup64.exe. Proceed through the installation, restart, then add your fingerprints, and it should work. It's as accurate as ever roughly two years later. I will likely be buying a second one as just built a new PC, I love the convenience of Windows Hello Fingerprint Login.

I purchased one of these for a trial. After receiving it I quickly noticed there was no software for it. (This is a very common complaint.) After contacting the company I found that they sell these devices for use with systems or you can program the software yourself and use them. Tech support has several downloads you can use to utilize this device and one package for the workstation worked great to log me into my PC and also allowed me to setup logins for websites. My main objective however was to write software that uses these devices to authenticate users on the shop floor. Tech support allowed me to access the developer's downloads and I could download sample code and instructions for using this device in many software platforms. I am currently using it in MS Access 2007 as an Active-X but you can use in C++, VB and so on. I am sure this is frustrating for users expecting the complete package but for a developer, I am greatly pleased at the reliability of this device. We use this as our timeclock authentication device and you can scan your fingerprint in any orientation and it works great.

We bought two dozen of these for our office for workstation authentication. They are like big pieces of jewelry with a heavy metallic body, a coated optical surface and a long USB cable that will extend from your PC on the floor to a desk. Really beautiful. And, when they are set up with a driver and biometric software, they work really well. BUT... this is not a consumer product. At all. Software and support are for larger customers with a dedicated IT person or developer. It is not really appropriate for Amazon to sell this device without anything to make it work. If you buy this, you will not be able to just plug it in and have Windows automatically install a driver. Instead, expect to do quite a bit of searching for drivers. The company that "supports" the UareU has many software updates and SDK updates but not the actual drivers or a free download of the SDK. Our software vendor already developed an application so we can log in to their suite using a fingerprint. But developing a login script for our domain involves getting a driver from another vendor and getting Windows to recognize the device first. Then, using a software developer kit we (meaning our IT specialist) are developing a login script. There may be simpler methods; Lenovo uses the UareU for their biometric scanner and you may be able to use their driver and\or application. The bottom line: This is not plug and play. It seems a bit odd for this item to be sold retail without any freely available driiver or software. I have heard from a smaller developer that the UareU was sold retail with software, but the company couldn't or wouldn't handle the volume of support requests. So they just stopped providing software. If you want to use one of these I suggest doing your homework, a lot of it, before you purchase one. I'm giving this device three stars: five for the physical hardware and how well it works when it has software, one star for software availability and support. It is really more appropriate for developers who have been hired to make biometric login possible for specialized applications like retail and medical offices.

Den fungerar inte. Trotts väldigt många försök att läsa in mina fingrar, så "minns" den bara mina fingeravtryck i 1 dag. Sedan måste jag göra om inläsningen av fingret för att det skall fungera igen. Har provat den i flera veckor, har felsökt och installerat om den enligt tillverkarens anvisningar och alltid med tillverkarens drivrutiner, men det fungerar bara den första dagen. Sedan fungerar det inte. Har även provat med andra fingrar, samt även provat på en annan dator. Inget hjälper. Denna fingeravtrycksläsare är en stor besvikelse och alla pengar var bortkastade. Köp inte! Kommer aldrig rekommendera någon att använda denna produkt.

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This is a Linux configurable Fingerprint sensor. Works with libfprint on many Linux distros. I tried Mint and Kubuntu. Both worked. Expensive but worth the price if you value FP signins. Device is feels solid. Some failure to read, but it seems that may be from it reading faster than some apps can react. I would recommend this device.

Sehr gute Produkt aber nach einige Zeit (ca. 1 Jahr) wird kaputt