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On my sony VAIO duo 11 windows 8, I have a virus that makes everything a "shortcut" especially on my flash drives. The problem is, I want to reinstall windows from the recovery partition that's on the HDD. However, every time I try to copy the recovery partition onto a flash drive, it copies...

Hello everyone, I have a Sony VIAO running windows 7. The laptop is about 3 years old I believe. I'm having an extremely strange problem that seems to have no solution. About a year ago, one day out of the blue, the laptop went crazy. I would try to type something and whenever I pressed a key...

If you are reading this post than you already know the answer: neither Sony nor NVIDIA have given you the blessing to install Windows 7 64 bit. So officially it is not approved or supported by booth companies. Well then, the question is can you do it? The answer is yes, absolutely! Will there...

I have installed all last video codec's, but the .3gpp files from Smartphone Sony Xperia x10 mini and Nokia c3 plays video with no sound. Do not matters camplain in next door of microsoft. They do not listen us. I do have installed all this sh..., but It is not enough!:mad: Link Removed The...

I have Windows XP running (in English) on my SONY VAIO laptop. I want to install another language but can't do it because it keeps asking me to insert the disk. The system didn't come with a disk, as it has the recovery features in a partition on the hard disk. My question - Is there some way...

Just a feedback. Advanced System Optimizer (Link Removed) found 23 outdated drivers on my two-week old Sony laptop with Windows 8. Even Sony Vaio Care has not informed me about outdated drivers. As we all know, Microsoft does not recommend using third party software with Windows 8 OS. Is it...

My two weeks with two Windows 8 computers - one computer and one laptop. It's my very short story about Windows 8. Three months ago, I purchased a new computer with Windows 7 for my work . It has Intel Core i7-3770 and 8.0 GB RAM. During those months, I had ZERO issues with my computer...

When did computers start using this thing called ueifi I believe? Confusing to say the least and for me at least not that easy to get to. The only complaint as such I have with my new Sony laptop. I never can seem to remember which function key gets me there, and from what I have seen of it...

When I installed Windows 8 on my Sony Vaio, it thinks my monitor is Non - Pnp and won't fill up my screen. How can I fix this? I really hope that I can somehow download a driver to make windows 8 realize my monitor is a laptop. Any ideas?

I have a Sony VGN-FZ21M laptop that it lacks an internal HDD. Wanting to use it, I have managed to install Windows 7 x64 on a USB 2.0 External HDD. There is certainly a performance decrease due to the External HDD's speed but I can live on that. So, although the laptop has 2GB of RAM, I am...

well im currently running win 7 64 bit i have a a sony brava KDL-40Z4500 , i would like a list of pros and cons of etcah product would be appractied but first im just wondering if i can do the following play PS3 games and blu rays in 3D on my tv ? and max res ? ( via HDMI)...

Hi, Ive just bought a used vaio which had vista installed decided to install window's 7 everything went ok, Just one problem ive got is the av mode key doesnt work as it should if the laptop is switched off the av mode but switche's it on ? Ive read somewhere i need the sony launcher for it to...

I don't have much knowledge in these things so I have to rely on what people tell me so I hope I am not wasting your time. I have a Sony VPCZ21 with an embedded fingerprint reader. I want to use my preferred encryption software DigitalPersona 4.1 (sadly they don't update this anymore) and under...

Okay so I have Sony Vaio VGN-CR11Z. When I got it I had Vista home Premium but my brother currently installed Windows 7 on it, after this my MotionEye built in webcam do not work. I search around for a very long time for a download or something to fix this problem but i've found nothing. And...

Hi, ACER 6530G I seem to have read a bit about this, and it seems to be a problem on certain Acer machines, with the SONY "Optiarc BC5500-S" BD-ROM and Acer Arcade Deluxe Software. "not sure of versions" Some folk say use a certain version of Acer's software,others say flash the firmware of...

I have scoured the internet over the past couple of days looking for information about how to get the webcam and card reader working in windows 7 64 on this laptop. I am a sys-admin by trade but this has me stumped, and I see other forums members might have more knowledge about this. I found...

Hi, I hope this is a simple fix! I tried to run Windows Network Diagnostics and an error occurred. In the details it said the diagnostic file was 'restricted'. I searched around for answers and found a suggestion to run 'sfc/scannow' in an elevated command prompt. The file checker reported no...

Hi all. I recently installed a new SATA Sony Optiarc DVD-RW drive (Model AD-7280S-0B) to replace an older IDE drive, and since its install I have experienced two BSoDs within 10 minutes of booting with the same STOP error both times; 0x0000001E. Attached the the two .DMP files that were created...

When I log into my computer, I get the following error message " There was a problem starting C:\Users\Ol-Scurt-Dogg\AppData\Local\uictaner.dll The specific module could not be found. ". I have searched and searched and searched for this error with no success except for registry...

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