Sony Vaio recovery-DVD - selective installation of SW?

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"Reinhard S." <rei1607schretz_nospm_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Hi,
|
| I want to make a "clean" installation of XP and want to install SELECTIVE
| components of the Vaio-software, contained in the Vaio recovery-DVD.
|
| I've installed XP + drivers - now it would be helpful, if anybody does
(own
| a new Vaio and) know, WHICH Vaio-applications from the recovery-DVD I have
| to install to
|
| 1.) get the blue function keys and
| 2.) the Power-Management working.
|
| Or is there a documentaion where I could have a look?
|
| Thx
| Reinhard
|
| (Vaio FS115Z)
|
|

Hi Reinhard -

You need the following:

.. Sony Shared Library (library routines necessary for other applications to
run)
.. Hotkey Utility (function keys)
.. PowerPanel Utility (power management)

There should be a list of the pre-installed applications in the booklet that
came with your computer. If you don't have it, there should be an
electronic (.pdf) copy available at Sony's support site.

Jef

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Hi Reinhard -

| Hi Jef,
|
| thanks for answering - in the documentation is only documented, how to
make
| a full recovery with the recovery-DVD...
|
| Because of your hints I explored the folders 'Vaio Application/.../Utils
| Installer 1-9' with an editor, I analysed some *.ini, setup.inx etc. - I
| could detect the following:
|
| 1. ... SynUtils - muss installiert werden (für 4.)
| 2. ... Sony shared library
| 3. ... Sony video shared library
| 4. ... Vaio power management
| 5. ... setting utility series (???)
| 6. ... Vaio event service
| 7. ... Vaio control center
| 8. ... Vaio update
| 9. ... battery checker
|
|
| I installed 1,2,4,6,7 - and it seems, it does work...:-)
|
|
| Thanks and best regards,
| Reinhard
|
|

Happy to help.

You may wish to have a look at 5 in your list. This may be the installer
for the Sony Notebook Setup program (or whatever its variant in your
locale). Though I could be wrong, as 7 in your list may be this program.
My familiarity with VAIO notebooks rests only with models intended for the
North American market.

This is useful for disabling the built-in touchpad when you use an external
mouse. It's useful when working on Word Processing, etc., for me to disable
the touchpad and use a mouse to keep from moving my cursor errantly about my
document. It is, however, essential that you enable the touchpad once again
when you intend to use the computer without a mouse, as there is no feature
in Sony's BIOS' to enable the touchpad.

Jef

hi! i want to have a recovery disk but i dont know how and to whom...plus i want to have my copy of my drivers..my notebook is vgn-ns135e...please send me installers of drivers...thanks..