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mohammed.a.d
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November 15th, 2009 07:00
How can i use DCP in W7 64Bit that installed on E6400?
Hi guys,
I've got 3 questions to ask.
1- As you can see in the title, I'm using windows 7 64Bit installed on E6400, i want to use DCP for connection, security and system manager but that's not available on dell website. Is anyone try to use Vista DCP on 7?
2- Finger print reader doesn't work.
3- The battery life around 1 to 1.5 hours! is that because the DCP is not installed? in XP it's take about 3.5 hours.
Best regards,
mohammed.a.d
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Posted November 17th, 2009 08:00
thank you for your quick replay and sorry to be late.
At this moment the driver doesn't available for windows 7, what i did is installing VISTA drivers and now every thing is working as it should be and the battery life is very fine.
Thank you againe.
Dell has released DCP and the related Drivers for Win 7 64-bit:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=W764&catid=60&dateid=-1&impid=-1&osl=EN&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=LAT_E6400&hidos=W764&hidlang=en&TabIndex=
have you actually tested these? they are not win7 drivers, they are just the vista drivers with a modified inf. I cannot keep dell extended battery life mode enabled on win7. anyone else have the same issue?
That does not mean the drivers do not support Win 7. Many drivers need no changes for Win 7. A single driver .sys file can be written to support XP, Vista, and Win 7. Many devices had Win 7 support added in earlier releases, prior to the Win 7 RTM; once verified with the RTM version, they were released with now .inf and signatures for Win 7.
You might consider trying the Dell System Update utility to see if it can identify any drivers that need updating.
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Posted November 15th, 2009 07:00
mohammed.a.d,
I noticed another thread that DCP was not available for download, that was about a month ago. I had trouble getting my fingerprint reader to work but found out that I had to install it in the compatibility mode. You might want to try installing these in the compatibility mode with the drivers you have.
Right click on the setup.exe file, left click properties, left click compatibility. Change the compatibility to the compatibility mode of your choice. Then install the proper drivers.
***To install drivers, sometimes the file unzips and does nothing. You have to look for the setup.exe file, right click on it, then left click run as administrator***
Rick