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    Studio fingerprint reader

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Nicksawyer29, Dec 16, 2008.

  1. Nicksawyer29

    Nicksawyer29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just wondering
    i got my studio 17 and as soon as i got it i saw a little youtube video on the fingerprint reader and was wondering if it works well cuz i didnt order it with one but it looks pretty cool and fuctional and i am sick to death of typing in passwords (kind of lazy i suppose)
    if it is all its cracked up to be is there any way i could buy one and install it myself?
    thank you for your replies.
     
    Nicksawyer29, Dec 16, 2008
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    defektion Notebook Guru

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    The finger print reader is great. But I only use it to log into windows. but 80% of the time I'm always typing my passwords lol.
     
    defektion, Dec 16, 2008
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    The fingerprint does work well most of the time and you can use it for quite a bit of stuff inside the operating system, You can get a fingerprint reader for your system however it involves replacing the palmrest with one that has the fingerprint reader which is not too bad but you have to pretty much take the entire laptop apart.
     
    Carmasix, Dec 16, 2008
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  4. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    If you don't like typing passwords I'd recommend getting Roboform instead. It's a fantastic piece of software.
     
    atbnet, Dec 16, 2008
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  5. Nicksawyer29

    Nicksawyer29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Robo form looks kinda fishy does it really work without any spyware/adware etc? I'm havin some major problems with downloads and getting more than i wanted
     
    Nicksawyer29, Dec 17, 2008
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    Yeah I've been using it for two or three years now. Works great.
     
    atbnet, Dec 17, 2008
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    just downloaded it pretty easy to use i did the 2go version so i can take it between laptop and desktop
    does it only work for online passwords?
     
    Nicksawyer29, Dec 17, 2008
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    Yeah it handles online passwords as it is mainly a browser add-on.
     
    atbnet, Dec 17, 2008
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    i got the studio 1537 with the fingerprint reader. it works great, but the farking fingerprint reader when your palm goes near it goes off and the beeping noise gets really annoying after about 0.5 seconds. i really need to turn that off.
     
    iggyhiatus, Dec 18, 2008
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