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Good fingerprint hardware / software for desktop PC (USB)
Hi,
It used to be possible to obtain a finger print reader from a company like Digital Persona and attach it to a PC. This does not seem to be possible anymore (at least from them). They only sell in batched of 10 and really aim at the big companies like HP / Dell.
http://www.digitalpersona.com/biometrics/overview/
I want to be able to add this option to any PC I provide even if it's only 1 and also want one for my own PC having moved away from a laptop (which had one built in)
The software that allowed me to log into a website with a single finger wipe was great and I miss it.
Is there anything on the market that does the same thing and works well with Windows 7.
Note as it happens I happen to have a digital persona USB finger print reader but it's accompanying software is old. I just want something I can install onto my PC and works great.
Thanks in advance
It used to be possible to obtain a finger print reader from a company like Digital Persona and attach it to a PC. This does not seem to be possible anymore (at least from them). They only sell in batched of 10 and really aim at the big companies like HP / Dell.
http://www.digitalpersona.com/biometrics/overview/
I want to be able to add this option to any PC I provide even if it's only 1 and also want one for my own PC having moved away from a laptop (which had one built in)
The software that allowed me to log into a website with a single finger wipe was great and I miss it.
Is there anything on the market that does the same thing and works well with Windows 7.
Note as it happens I happen to have a digital persona USB finger print reader but it's accompanying software is old. I just want something I can install onto my PC and works great.
Thanks in advance
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I would be interested to see these keyboards. They sound really good. By Digital person were really unhelpful. They bascially said they are not interested in dealing with particular orders. Bulk only and SDK stuff. They could not even point me to anywhere else.
Search for keyboards with fingerprint reader.
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If you can read Chinese, you can go to www.taobao.com to search for Dell fingerprint USB, the price for the Dell fingerprint device is not expensive at all.
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I'm going to plug in this Digital person hardware I have no into this PC and see what happens.
boo hoo
no drivr found.
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boo hoo
no drivr found.
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This is a brand new PC fully up to date running Win 7 64 bit pro with 16GB memory and ore i5 solid state. ( I like it as you can tell)
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OK I've not been back in the office to test this yet so only working remotely. But will try when I'm back in the office.
However still concerned I don't seem to be able to easily find a USB finger print reader in the UK that seems to be easily and commonly available. I would like to choose a device that is still being sold as a single unit and has support from the company that makes it.
I guess some of you mentioned, if support should be built into Winodws 7 then I can see why there is less incentive for other providers to offer things, but I just want to find a reliable soultion that will add windows login with finger print to PC and ideally has software that allows login to websites.
However still concerned I don't seem to be able to easily find a USB finger print reader in the UK that seems to be easily and commonly available. I would like to choose a device that is still being sold as a single unit and has support from the company that makes it.
I guess some of you mentioned, if support should be built into Winodws 7 then I can see why there is less incentive for other providers to offer things, but I just want to find a reliable soultion that will add windows login with finger print to PC and ideally has software that allows login to websites.
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See even that Dell one only lists Windows Xp compatiabilty and the reviews are poor.
I'll check out UPEK soon.
I'll check out UPEK soon.
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Try to google for DELL FP-61001 which is a win 7 comptabile fingerprint reader...
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still not tried, will update very soon.
Well the suggested biometric reader are already proposed in compatibility to the suggested OS, no further feedbacks then
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I will close this up within the next 15 days. please bear with me.
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I never really got this working, but it's so old now I need to close it. I've awarded various points for the most useful answers.
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In short, the software for fingerprint is needed for OS of vista and xp.
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Forgive y ignorance but I'm a bit unsure what this is saying. So how can I get the software for Windows 7?