Mark Vytlacil wrote:
> When I reboot to linux from Win XP, the image seems to be encrypted until I 
> replug the device. I had to get an updated driver to work with Win XP. I 
> wonder if ms is now using encryption in the new driver.

Yes, the new drivers do use image encryption. But your understanding is 
actually the inverse of the actual problem.

fprint under Linux *disables* the encryption bit. When you reboot to 
windows, the encryption bit is still disabled, but the Windows driver 
assumes it is enabled. I guess it then tries to decrypt the plaintext 
greyscale image data, resulting in some jumbled mess which you thought 
was encrypted data.

This is hard to solve properly, but there may be something we can do. 
Could you please file a bug for this at 
http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/bugs/

Thanks!
Daniel
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