How to Use a Microsoft Fingerprint Reader in Windows 7 Digital. Persona Password Manager. If you have a Microsoft Fingerprint Reader, Microsoft will tell you that it wont work with Windows 7. If you try to install the driver software anyway, Windows blocks it for compatibility reasons. However, using the instructions in this post, you can install the software and use the fingerprint reader successfully in Windows 7 3. No one expects ancient devices to be supported by a manufacturer for eternity, but its frustrating when Microsoft discontinues support for using its own devices with its own software. A cynic might speculate that Microsoft is trying to cut corners on support costs and force users to buy new hardware with a policy of planned obsolescense. Windows Live Messenger 2009 Windows Installer Package Update' title='Windows Live Messenger 2009 Windows Installer Package Update' />Based on how well the fingerprint reader works in Windows 7 despite Microsofts insistence, theres certainly evidence for that perspective. Prerequisites. There are lots of fingerprint reader devices and different versions of Windows. This article refers only to the following hardware and software combination Other similar fingerprint readers, like those built in to HP laptops, use different driver software and will not work with these instructions. This post refers only to Microsoft branded devices. Windows Live Messenger 2009 Windows Installer Package Update' title='Windows Live Messenger 2009 Windows Installer Package Update' />LordJ. Thank you for sending a response. If your problem is for Windows Live Messenger we dont have a Fix it solution for that. If you have problems. Windows Live Essentials 2011 is a collection of freeware programs from Microsoft. The WLE 2011 package includes Windows Live Writer 2011, Windows Messenger 2011. Database of over 45K programs that can run on a Windows 1087VistaXP system at startup, including those created by viruses, worms, spyware, and trojans. Software Update Windows Live Essentials 2012 Wave 5 Available for Download UPDATED on Aug 08, 2012 Release of Windows Essentials 2012 Wave 5 version. Finally. If you have a Microsoft Fingerprint Reader, Microsoft will tell you that it wont work with Windows 7. If you try to install the driver software anyway, Windows. Compact-View.png' alt='Windows Live Messenger 2009 Windows Installer Package Update' title='Windows Live Messenger 2009 Windows Installer Package Update' />Instructions. Follow the steps below to install the Fingerprint Reader driver software on Windows 7 3. Step 1. Download Digital. Persona Password Manager 2. Follow any of the download links below. I am including multiple links in case Microsoft removes the installer in the future since the product itself has been discontinued. Step 2. Run the installer DPPM2. ENG. exeNow run the installer you downloaded from within Windows 7. Youll get an error message from the Program Compatibility Assistant PCA, similar to this one. Click Cancel. Were going to have to bypass the PCA to get this installer to run. Step 3. Bypass PCAWere going to disguise the identity of the installer so the PCA will allow it to run. How does Windows know in advance which programs might be incompatible It contains a hard coded list of ID numbers for programs that Microsoft or another manufacturer has flagged as potentially dangerous either to your computer or to the companys profit margin. We cant modify that hard coded list, but we can change the ID number that the installer reports to Windows. Find and copy the installer MSI file. When you ran the Digital. Persona installer even though it did not fully launch it extracted another install file to your computer. The other install file is called WIS7. ECBBAB8. 6D8. 4A3. CDCAF9. 0E6. 3AFE201. MSI and is found in the C Program FilesCommon FilesWise Installation Wizard folder. Locate the MSI file on your computer and copy it to your desktop or another folder of your choice. You will be modifying this duplicate copy. Download and install Microsofts Orca utility. Orca is a free utility distributed by Microsoft to make changes to MSI installer files. Its included as part of the Microsoft Windows SDK. Since the SDK is a huge download, its easier to download Orca alone from one of these sources orca. Download site 1 Technipagesorca. Download site 2 brentnorris. Download site 3 ColligoAfter downloading, double click orca. Orca. If you prefer, you can also use an equivalent third party tool like Inst. Ed. However, the instructions that follow relate to Orca. Modify the MSI installer file with Orca. Find the Orca program in your Start menu and run the program. In Orca, open the duplicate copy you made of the Digital. Persona MSI installer file the one with the really long filename, not the orca. It will look like this. Find and click on the Property table in the left hand Tables list, then locate the Product. Code property in the right hand Property list. The current value should be a long string of numbers and letters as shown in the picture above. Double click the value for the Product. Code property to edit it. Change the last letter E to the letter F and hit Enter, so that the Product. Code now looks like this 7. ECBBAB 8. 6D8 4. A3. C DCAF9. E6. 3AFFSave the file in Orca and close Orca. If you dont close Orca, you will not be able to proceed. Thats all that is required now that the installer has a slightly different product code, it will no longer match Windows blacklist of dangerous programs. Open the modified MSI installer file. Now find the Digital. Persona MSI installer file you just modified on your computer and double click it to open it. You should no longer receive a PCA error box. If you did, make sure you have closed Orca, make sure you are trying to run the correct file and double check that youve completed these steps correctly. Step 4. Complete the Digital. Persona installation. If youve followed the steps above, your Digital. Persona installer is now running. Make sure your fingerprint reader is plugged in. Install Directory Should Be Removed Test Link Installation more. Click Next to proceed through the installation, but when you reach the last step, do not click Finish. Leave the installer running and do the following Browse to the following folder in Windows Explorer C Program FilesDigital. PersonaBin. Right click DPAgnt. PropertiesOpen the Compatibility tab. Click Change settings for all usersUnder Compatibility mode, check Run this program in compatibility mode for and choose Windows Vista There are 3 similar compatibility options listed Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2. I used the regular Windows Vista option. Under Privilege Level, check Run this program as an administratorClick OK to close the Compatibility for all users box. Click OK to close the Properties box. Repeat these steps for each of the other EXE files in the same folder DPConsol. DPExp. Imp. exe. Dp. Fp. Logon. Manager. Dp. Host. exe. DPRun. Dll. exe. DPWin. Lct. Now return to the installer and click the Finish button. The installer will ask to restart your computer go ahead and allow it to restart Windows. Step 5. Make some post install changes. Once Windows restarts, browse back to the C Program FilesDigital. PersonaBin folder in Windows Explorer. Right click DPAgnt. Properties to the Compatibility tab once more. Click Change settings for all users and under Privilege Level, uncheck Run this program as an administrator. Click OK to close the Compatibility for all users box and OK again to close the Properties box. Make the same change to DPConsol. Now restart Windows again, or just log out and log back in if you prefer. Step 6. Complete the fingerprint reader setup. When Windows starts back up, the fingerprint reader initial setup window should appear automatically. Follow the instructions to set up your Windows logon password, fingerprints, and so on. You should now be able to use the fingerprint reader normally to log in to Windows and automatically enter other passwords in Windows 7. Acknowledgements. The necessary file permissions were first discovered and documented by Saulo Castelo Sampaio and Dav at Seven. Forums. com. Microsoft Fingerprint Readers and 6. Windows. Microsoft first fell short in its support of the fingerprint reader when it promised drivers for Windows Vista 6. The company eventually acknowledged its broken promise by quietly offering a refund to device owners who were unable to use the fingerprint reader with Vista 6. If you were affected by Microsofts failure to fully support its fingerprint readers, you should request this refund.