billbolton's position seems to be that adoption of CCID has been slow because Microsoft didn't bundle a CCID driver with Windows until release of Windows Vista. Its the SmartCard Alliance's position, but why let inconvenient facts get in the way of your rant As to "inconvenient facts" the following...

I have used four different machines and four different heated humidifiers over a period of 17 years. I still have all those machines and humidifiers and they are all still in good working condition. I haven't slept a night in 17 years without CPAP or xPAP, and unlike many users, I liked using it fro...

And then the device doesn't work. Sorry, I'm not sure what your point is... The device doesn't work with ResScan, because ResScan is not CCID compliant. billbolton's position seems to be that adoption of CCID has been slow because Microsoft didn't bundle a CCID driver with Windows until release of ...

What was it about the term embedded that you did not understand? Having CCID support embedded in the OS was key to getting uptake of the standard. Whether an operating system automatically installs a driver already on a hard disk or automatically installs a driver that takes seconds to automaticall...

CCID as a workable operational standard for USB connection of Smartcard devices has only started to gain traction in the market place over the past year or so . Support for it was not embedded in any MS product until the release of Vista and it has taken quite a while to see Smartcard industry upta...

billbolton wrote:I'd like very much to see a scan/photo of the label on the bottom of the CCID compliant reader that you received with an ACR38U-SPC-R model identifier on it.

Here is the image:

I received an ACS ACR38U-SPC-R Smart Card Reader yesterday that I had ordered from SecureTech Peripherals Inc. and have since wasted several hours learning why it isn't compatible with ResScan. The fundamental problem is that there are two flavors of ACR38U-SPC-R smart card readers (antique and mode...

I had some difficulty installing the drivers for the ACR38U-SPC-R on one of my PCs under Windows XP. Same problem with the drivers which come with ResScan. A problem has been identified with wireless networking adapters, which isn't applicable in my case. After somehow getting the card reader to wo...