Sony vaio megga problems - vaio pcv-rs504

[JohnGray]

Hello To everybody in vaio world.

Right now i'm sat behind my dream machine "vaio pcv-rs504"
The problem the whole machine !.This pc is not even 1 day old and allready i'm thinking about getting my P3 out of the bin that i built myself a few years ago.( and never had a days problem )!!!.

Problem No 1: Bt broadband would not install the installation disk tells me that my pc is as old as the arc and it does not meet min req.I get around this by exploring the disk and going straight into setup that bypasses the system check.Bt broadband installs and happy days,The dialling icon doesn't work but the shortcut created from network connection does so at least i can have an icon on my desk to connect.As i dont leave it on all the time.NEW problem i cant disconnect from the net .right click on the 2 little monitors click on disconnect .Like heck nothing....I can even pull the lead out of the wall and its still going in full swing showing up and down stream.

Problem No 2: This morning i thought i'd check my emails before going to work.connected to the net great.Couldn't disconnect no problem click start >turn off computer>turn off.
The machine eventually does after giving me the runaround that programs are busy do i want to end task etc.now computer desides to log off save settings etc and 7 hours latter still hasn't shut off.

Problem No 3 : Viruses...The pc came bundled with norton antivirus .Well according to the prog this machine has more viruses than a hospital.
So i guess no wounder the machine behaves oddly.

I could go on but thats the main ones

Well if anyone out there can offer any help i would be glad.

And remember this machine is brand new out of the box as of yesterday very late afternoon.( 24hrs old )
Thanks.

John

[JohnGray]

Hello

Thanks for all support my vaio is in absolute perfect working order.

But wait ..........I still have one problem.

BT Broadband i can connect but cant disconnect and this makes it impossible to shut down the pc.

I get the message box programes busy do i want to end now or cancel and return to windows.

Either way i cant disconnect and pc won't shut down as its busy.

I guess it a software/hardweare issue with bt...any suggestions ?

Thanks for everything !

Happy vaio owner..................John:smileygrin:

[TygerTyger]

If you haven't patched Windows to the full (including Service Pack 2) from the Windows Update Website, do it now. There's loads of fixes in there.

[kee-lo_]

Which modem do you have?

[JohnGray]

Hello,

As you know vaio's have a built in 56k dial up jobby. i don't know why they bother putting them in nowadays.

I am using a BT Broadband : voyager 100 usb adsl modem.

Today everything seems to be ok all round.
The pc is working perfectly,
The internet i am able to disconnect now and now i can shut pc down.So all seems to be ok.

I think service pack 2 caused a few hickups.But i'm only guessing i logged on to ms windows update and there was nearly 100Mb of updates ( thank god for broadband )And it was after all that most of the internet related problems started.There was a few before that though.I even put a new microfilter on the line ..just in case.

But after my hectic start all seems perfect in my vaio world.

Thanks,

John

[kee-lo_]

Well thats good news.

[stevep-4]

A dial up modem is a handy thing to have, just like a floppy drive.

many FTL sites do not allow uploading of websites via a broadband modem (difficulty with acknowledging who you are??).

Also Broadband can go down occasionally, especially when BT are working on it, so having a back up (but oh my god how slow it is!!) is worth it.


I would recommend though that the dial-up cable is disconnected uless needed. Too much of those blasted dial-up rerouters around (which dial premium lines for you!!)

[kee-lo_]

There have been a few court cases against those dialers, hope there will be more.

[TygerTyger]

Yeah those diallers are just ridiculous, how they can be allowed to get away with it if it's hidden I don't know. Mind you there's plenty of people who read what it did and installed it and then got angry later on :smileyrolling_eyes:.

Does broadband go down? I've had mine for well over a year and it's not got down once, and it's always on. I've never had trouble uploading anything to anywhere either :smileyconfused:. Anyway I just disable the modem.

[kee-lo_]

Lucky you, the card in my exchange blew so my whole area was out for a week.

[jammold]

 Lucky you, the card in my exchange blew so my whole area was out for a week.

Woah nasty stuff...:smileysad: I have to admit, LAN has not died on me yet either with 24/7 use at times and an average speed of 5mbits peak and 10mbits offpeak since the network does get busy...