Problems with Windows 7 and the T43

[dan1875]

Hello, I just "upgraded" my old T43 (2668-PDU) from XP Pro to Windows 7 Ultimate (I had a recurring BSD due to the ATI driver and after my rescue disks did not work - a blessing in disguise - I decided to try installing Win 7.) Thanks to this forum I found enough info to make the operation quite easy. The laptop works remarkably well, however I have some problems and I do not know if they are solvable.
1-I need to also run some XP applications in Windows XP mode (under Win 7 Virtual PC). I could not assess if the T43 has the hardware-assisted-virtualization (Intel VT) or not. Win 7 says it does not, but it may be there and not enabled in the BIOS. Does anyone know the answer and if yes, how to enable it? I know that there is a Microsoft software hotfix which would allow me to run Virtual PC without the Intel VT but I would prefer to avoid it, I read somewhere that they were problems with it.
2- I have the plug and play additional hard drive. It is not recognized by Win 7. Actually when I plugged it instead of the DVD, Win 7 recognized it as a hard drive, installed a driver and said it was ready to use. It is also present in the Device Manager under Disk Drives. However it does not show under "My Computer" and obviously I cannot have access to the data I stored there. I bought it from IBM at the same time I bought the T43, it is made by Fujitsu and is a 100GB HD. Any advice???
3- The Biometric device is installed but the application has disappeared. I suspect that it was an IBM app which is not part of the Windows Updates and which I could not find on the Lenovo site.

I would appreciate any information or advice.
Thanks.

[dan1875]

My mistake...forget question #2, I solved it....

[Harryc]

1.) Intel VT hardware support started with Mobile Core 2 Duo and Core Solo CPU' s. That's way past the T43's day ...

[Tasurinchi]

3- The Biometric device is installed but the application has disappeared. I suspect that it was an IBM app which is not part of the Windows Updates and which I could not find on the Lenovo site.

Did you install Lenovo System Update? I never had any problem so far with the fingerprint.

[USSS]

Here's the direct link for System Update 4.0 for Windows 7:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-73695

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a version of Fingerprint Software available yet for Windows 7. See:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... tml#DOCTOP

[Tasurinchi]

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a version of Fingerprint Software available yet for Windows 7. See: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... tml#DOCTOP

I did not use that one. My version of the FP software was picked-up by the Lenovo System Update automatically, I'm not sure if it's Windows 7 specific, but it works so far. I'll check tonight which exactly version it is and post it here.

Cheers

[RealBlackStuff]

IIRC, the T60 version of the Vista FPR software seems to work in W7, even in 'lower' models.