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    Security Cards

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by greengrass, Mar 27, 2006.

  1. greengrass

    greengrass Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    Ive just ordered the Acer TravelMate 8204 and have seens omething regarding a Security Card Slot. I have only found one review that says that " you recieve 2 security cards for the built in card reader....that improves security"

    Can anybody throw any light on this as i cant seem to find any more information on this item and what it does or how it works?

    cheers
     
    greengrass, Mar 27, 2006
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    Scarf_Face Notebook Geek

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    From http://pcworld.about.com/news/Oct172000id32286.htm :

    First hit when Googling for 'acer security card' ;-)
     
    Scarf_Face, Mar 27, 2006
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    greengrass Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for that, i might try and dig a bit deeper. I was wonderin g if you can log on to windows using these cards?
     
    greengrass, Mar 28, 2006
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    If you use the smartcard, there's no point in using Windows passwords, they're not as secure anyway. Unless you meant that you want to have different accounts, activated by the cards? I don't think that's the case; the card would be integrated with the hardware and not Windows specifically. You'd need to type in a password for the smartcard anyway, so if you want multiple users, you'd have two passwords to type.
     
    Scarf_Face, Mar 28, 2006
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