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    Fingerprint reader scroll?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by v12spd, Nov 16, 2007.

  1. v12spd

    v12spd Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all, I recently acquired a Sony TZ, and I was wondering if I could set up a feature that I had on an older fujitsu tablet. What I used to be able to do was move my finger vertically or horizontally across the fingerprint reader, and scroll up and down or left to right while surfing or working on larger spreadsheets. Is this a feature that can be enabled on the TZ? Or on any vaio with a reader? It's one I would certainly love as I'm not too fond of trackpad scrolling*.

    *(got spoiled by OS X and two finger scrolling on an MBP)
     
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    v12spd Notebook Consultant

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    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=162855&highlight=fingerprint+reader+scroll

    Here's a link to the review of a T4220 with that particular feature. Could we enable this with a driver or something of the like?
     
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    On my SZ650 there is an option in the UPEK software setup for fingerprint scrolling - perhaps start there (assuming the TZ uses the same fingerprint software).
     
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