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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 guys, i'm having trouble adjusting my screen brightness on my TV when it's connected via a HDMI cable to my laptop. If i try to increase the brightness through my laptop (VAIO VGN-SR) it does so only on my laptop display, while my TV remains the same. Instead if i try to do the opposite...

My Vaio VPCS13V9E laptop (Win7Pro) has worked without issue for 12 months but is now blue screening 2-3 times a week. I'm now at a loss as to waht to check / try next - and really need some help! Errors are are most often 9f DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE, occurring while machine is left in sleep...

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 iam new to this forum. i recently bought a vaio VPCX113KG off ebay. after a month of use the pc wont boot. it comes up as "operating system not found" but the laptop doesn't have an optical drive and I can find downloadable recovery media. what should i do ? i think the hard disk is being...

Hi. I have been having this BSOD while playing games. Windows 7 Home Basic 64 bit. AMD Athlon II P340 Dual Core 2.2 Ghz 2GB RAM One year old Vaio Notebook. Minidump attached. Any support would be really appreciated, thanks.

hi, about a month ago my vaio laptop started freezing on youtube . i mean everything was frozen and i had to restart it manually. and then it started freezing on avi files.wether i play the avi file on wmp, vlc or real player, the duration of the freezing was about a minute or two every 20-30...

My previous sony vaio(almost new)started to get bsod *fact> that this one got a replacement memory before it was a 4gb memory now its 6gb. Soo they did a system restore because sony couldn't find anything in software problems. So after the recovery it still had bsod, they changed the hard...

I share an unsecured network with my next door neighbor (she knows and we pay half the bill). The Norton Antivirus trial ran out on my new Sony VAIO laptop. Immediately after, it stopped connecting to our network (and any other unsecured network). I've tried turning off Windows Firewall, turning...

Hello Guys, very sorry to everyone who gave me brilliant help on computers and what to get, my mum totally ignored that and decided to choose between a Sony or an Apple. Now I'm wanting to know witch would be best to get out of the two. Or if anyone has any preferences to the apple to the...

Hey guys i am on my iphone so u got a problem with my vaio i never recieved a Windows 7 cd so i have to reinstall it via f10 but if i press this my laptop checks if theres something wich destroid my laptop so it checks after this it says please restart your pc/laptop so i do this and i get into...

ok, so my VAIO is starting to BSOD more frequently now. I rolled it back to a day before it first started acting up, but it is still happening. here is all the data for it. Hope someone can help me out :(. Thanks in advance for the help and info :razz:

Hi. I have a VAIO laptop VGN CS13G series. A few months ago, the darn thing stopped working. Turns out I had a busted cooling fan and a fried hard disk. I had the broken parts replaced and had the tech install Windows 7 (pre-installed OS was Vista Home Basic). Problem is, I don't have the...

Hi, I have been experiencing random Bsods for a while now on my new Vaio laptop. It doesn't happen during anything specific it is just random. Could be browsing the net or even when the comp is sleep, at times I open it to read the Bsod. Any help would be much appreciated, Laptop is only 2...

My vaio VGN-fz485u it's having random BSOD's I need to stop this. please help and thanks in advance. OS Windows 7 64bit

Hello everyone, I just bought a Sony VAIO VPCEA3S1E and I have a problem with my WIFI connection. It says it connects to the local network and internet, but in reality, internet doesn't work. When I try to 'resolve the problem', it indicates that "The default gateway is not available". I've...

I have run the Windows 7 Compatibility Upgrade Advisor on my Vaio VGN-FZ190. I am getting that two drivers are not compatible with Windows 7: 1) The Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT has the latest that Sony publishes on its support web page for my laptop (Ver. 7.15.11.6760), dated 1/11/2008. On...

Sony’s tablet ambitions extend to more than just the S1 in 2011, according to the latest batch of rumors. Loose lips have been flapping, and tipped a dual-touchscreen Android 3.0 Honeycomb clamshell internally known as the Sony S2, along with a 9.4-inch Windows 7 VAIO slider, for release in...

So, by now you've seen the PlayStation Certified Qriocity tablet known within Sony as the "S1." But that's not the only tablet the vernerable Japanese company is preparing to launch in 2011. We've been told by a pair of highly trusted and proven sources that Sony is also working on two rather...

So I just had Windows 7 installed on my VAIO a few weeks ago. I haven't played any games on my laptop since but I just downloaded a trail for Torchlight and when it wouldn't play I discovered a problem. When I open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, it shows me this: DirectDraw Acceleration...