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    HP NC6400 fingerprint login problem and bluetooth upgrade?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by renhui, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. renhui

    renhui Notebook Guru

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    Hi, recently bought a nc6400, fairely impressed by the quality :)
    Mine is a 64mb base model with fingerprint but without bluetooth. It was running a demo copy of Windows Vista and its recovery partition has been deleted. I just cleaned installed windows xp on it.

    First question:

    Can you set to login using fingerprint at startup, not just login into Windows? I know I can do this single fingerprint login with a thinkpadd,however I tried to play with the settings on the nc6400 and couldn't find a way to realize that.

    Second question:

    How easy is it to upgrade bluetooth on the NC6400? I opened the bluetooth-containing compartment but couldn't see a connecting cable or socket anything? I looked up the hardware manual and realized that the cable comes with the bluetooth module so it is not there for models without bluetooth. I guess I'll have to dissemble the palmrest to install the cable, right/ but I can't find anywhere where the bluetooth cable goes. Do you guys happen to have any cheap source for the module btw?

    Final question:

    What's the easiest way to update softwares? I really like the system update software on the thinkpads which automatically picks up the programs and updates for the specific model, does HP have a similiar program?


    Thanks a lot.
     
    renhui, Apr 16, 2008
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  2. renhui

    renhui Notebook Guru

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    Anybody? :) :)
     
    renhui, Apr 18, 2008
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    Zenica, Apr 19, 2008
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  4. renhui

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    Thanks a lot for the video, Zenica. Didn't know HP also has service videos out there. :)

    Anyway, this is what I found out to my questions:

    1) It turns out that fingerprints can't be used as credentials to login at startup. Have to say that IBM does a much better job at this with integrated login support.

    2) The video shows very clearly where the cable goes :)

    3) There is a program called HP Update, however it doesn't work the way I expected, basically it only updated itself. I clean installed Xp and then HP update and the program couldn't find anything including drivers and programs for the NC6400. Another thumb-up for IBM here!
     
    renhui, Apr 26, 2008
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