VGN-FE41Z / Vista / Stopping My Club Vaio from starting when windows starts.

[thevinster]

Hi,

I have a really annoying problem that I cannot seem to stop. Sony's "My Club Vaio" software keeps loading when Windows starts up, and I find it really annoying. Does anyone know how this programme is called? I cannot find it anywhere in the startup menu / startup services / windows registry. It's almost like the programme is loading by magic!

[Thalamus.]

Hi the Vister,

Welcome to Club vaio,

Have you checked if myclubvaio.exe is in Start > All Programs > Startup..

[Resonate]

Try downloading Sysinternals AutoRuns as this lists every process ever made, Hopefully with this you maybe able to find the CV Startup string

[thevinster]

Hi Thalamus,

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes, it isn't in the start->all programs->startup, either in my name or for all users.

It starts up about five minutes after all the other programs have started.

[thevinster]

Hi,

I ran AutoRuns, and I cannot any string that calls C:\ProgramData\Sony\MyClubVaio\MyClubVaio.exe


Do you know if it is possible to do a clean install with the new Vista machines?

[Resonate]

Hi,

I ran AutoRuns, and I cannot any string that calls C:\ProgramData\Sony\MyClubVaio\MyClubVaio.exe


Do you know if it is possible to do a clean install with the new Vista machines?

I would wait untill you install Vista as sony has not released support yet & the drivers you will need may not be available, I say this because alot of people have jumped into upgrading & installing VISTA right away. The driver support will be here within the weeks of Feb so i would hold on.

As for the start up check in add or remove programs Start > Run > appwiz.cpl & see if you have VOR or VPS within the listing / check to see if there command line is set to run at boot up do this by Start > Run > msconfig

[Thalamus.]

Hi,

Do you know if it is possible to do a clean install with the new Vista machines?

It states in the stats that your FE41Z came with Vista pre-installed, if this is the case and the procedure is the same as with XP, Goto start > All programs > Vaio Recovery Tool > Vaio Recovery Utility and follow the instructions to recover your vaio..

[thevinster]

I would wait untill you install Vista as sony has not released support yet & the drivers you will need may not be available, I say this because alot of people have jumped into upgrading & installing VISTA right away. The driver support will be here within the weeks of Feb so i would hold on.

As for the start up check in add or remove programs Start > Run > appwiz.cpl & see if you have VOR or VPS within the listing / check to see if there command line is set to run at boot up do this by Start > Run > msconfig

Hi Resonate,

This is a new machine from the Spring 2007 Vista series -- it comes with Vista pre-loaded, so I don't have much of a choice. It's a great machine, and almost everything seems to work well, but I just find it annoying that I cannot have a clean system without all the extra resource-hungry stuff that's added on by Sony!

Almost all other software can be disabled / prevented from booting. I just can't seem to find out which programme calls My Club Vaio! Perhaps it is some other Vaio service that is starting it?

[Resonate]

Then scrap that as sony will already have the drivers available for that model [:">]

[Thalamus.]

Almost all other software can be disabled / prevented from booting. I just can't seem to find out which programme calls My Club Vaio! Perhaps it is some other Vaio service that is starting it?

Hi thevinster

I have escalated this to Vaio-Link for you, hopefully they can offer a solution...