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Hi there,
I would like to know, which Driver/Program I have to install for getting back my OSD/functions, if I press one of my Buttons for Volume or Brightness. I got a A417M.
It seems that the Buttons have no function at all. The problem is, I cant use the recovery dvds because I would like to migrate to Win VISTA.
Does anyone have a hint for me.
Thanks in advance.
Hi WaldmeisterB and welcome to Club Vaio.
Download the pre-installed utilities for your model from Vaio-Link. Extract the file and then install the following in this order:
1 Sony Utilities (installer folder 1)
2 Sony shared Library (installer folder 2)
3 Vaio Event Service (installer folder 7)
…and then re-boot. You may find that you need to repeat this procedure a couple of times before the hotkeys work correctly.
EDIT: silly question maybe, but you are using the Fn key in combination with the volume/brightness key?
Thanks for your quick answer. I am going to try this! But as I remember, the folder 7 did not work correctly in Vista!
Are you sure, that I have to repeat that procedure more than one time?
I just tried one time and nothing worked. Maybe that was my fault.
By the way, I got some extra keys for Brightness and so on! And if I press them in XP an OSD appears. Thats what I would like to have in Vista , too.
Thanks again in advance for your answer.
Waldi
You didn’t make it clear that you had already migrated to Vista. Sorry, I have no idea whether Vaio Event Service will work with that operating system. It will be a case of suck it and see, but certainly in Win XP it has been know to take up to three attempts before the install procedure takes.