8440p: Upgraded to Windows 11 Pro - Issue with Ricoh SmartCard Reader Driver (sp46972)

[TMBackstrom]

Hi,

I upgraded my 8440p to Windows 11 Pro, and only issue I've seen so far is the Ricoh SmartCard Reader in sp46972 is an Incompatible driver when turning on Device security > Core isolation > Memory integrity. Driver version is 1.12 (20 July 2009), and I cannot find a newer version. Does anyone know where a newer version of this driver can be downloaded? Thank you.

Hardware ID: PCMCIA\RICOH-Bay8Controller-F1B2

EDIT: Drivers available in the Microsoft Updates Catalog are 1.07.00.01 for Windows XP

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The 8440p was the last HP notebook to use the Ricoh SD card reader, so no newer drivers would be available from HP.

[TMBackstrom]

Thanks for the reply, Paul. The SD card reader works fine, it's just the Smartcard reader affected. I just have it Disabled, and I've never used it in the past anyways. I remember the Air Force was starting to use them to authenticate to computers in the early 2000's before I retired. I've never used one, but I remember helping my flight's Captain get his setup on his system when he got it. He had a USB reader attached to his system.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

I had the older 6930p notebook with the same smart card reader and I just kept it enabled.

Since the notebook doesn't support secure boot, I decided to leave the Memory integrity security option turned off.

I rarely use the notebook anymore.

I can't update the notebook to W11 24H2 because the processor is not SSE4.2 compliant.

I've heard about CAC cards, but I had retired from the USCG before they were commonplace.