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    WinXP: Biometric Sofware and drivers for XPSM1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Hatticus, Mar 18, 2008.

  1. Hatticus

    Hatticus Newbie

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    Have succesfully removed vista and got a near fully functional fantastic laptop with WinXP .. but cant seem to find easily the software / drivers to get this biometric fingerprint reader thingy working....

    Could anyone point me in the right direction for download?

    Many thanks

    (Just loving the lack of bloatware, vista , unecassary trial software etc. etc. and a laptop running exactly the way I want it!)
     
    Hatticus, Mar 18, 2008
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  2. jazzjackrabbit

    jazzjackrabbit Notebook Consultant

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    it will only work in vista.
     
    jazzjackrabbit, Mar 18, 2008
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    Samuel613 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am certainly it will work in XP because I use it in XP - if you can't find the driver under the M133O or M153O at Delll under Win XP, then go to K-Byte's web site and you should see it there.
     
    Samuel613, Mar 18, 2008
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  4. Hatticus

    Hatticus Newbie

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    thanks .. have sent message to k-byte direct asking for link to software download ..

    Will post back with results if ( or when ) they respond.
     
    Hatticus, Mar 18, 2008
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    Hatticus Newbie

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    OK,, the results for anybody who may be interested.

    This definitely DOES work in XP.

    kbyte responded, yet with an answer to somebody else's question ... so I left that one :rollseyes:

    Searching on Dell's website for my model only provides Vista drivers and software (and even though this may work, I was after XP confirmed).. yet searching using the model M1330, as suggested by Samuel613, gave a link to R156915.exe which when ran and installed, works perfectly.

    Thank you for your help.
     
    Hatticus, Mar 20, 2008
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    I, too, have a Dell XPSm1530. Wasn't offered with Windows XP Pro, and I didn't like what they were offering WITH XP Pro. Sure would appreciate some guidance on ridding this laptop of Vista Home Premium so that I can load Windows XP Pro and get back to computing. During an online chat, the Dell rep said they don't have any drivers needed for XP, so I am most curious where you located all the needed drivers to get the laptop to function properly under XP. Thanks in advance. :)
     
    UBTCHA, Jul 6, 2008
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    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    Tusin, Jul 6, 2008
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