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Fingerprint unlock in BIOS?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by jgilbs, Jul 29, 2014.

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    jgilbs Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,
    Just got my Dell Precision M4800, and I ordered a fingerprint reader with it. I have enrolled my fingerprints into the TPM (so they can unlock my windows account), but I was wondering how to enable it so that the fingerprint reader will unlock the HD, when a password is set in the BIOS? This used to work on my old M6300, and I find it odd that Dell would remove this functionality from a significantly newer machine.
     
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    To anyone looking for the answer to this, it appears that the M6300 I had been using had the Embassy Trust Suite and fingerprints were enabled with Secure Boot and pre-boot authentication.

    It looks like Dell no longer has a software license for this software on the M4800. This is unfortunate, as it was a great feature to have. Rather than entering a password on each boot, you could just swipe your finger
     
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