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should I format my new Vaio TZ ? keevill 05-22-2008
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Posted by -keevill- on May 23, 2008, 6:02 am
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> -keevill- wrote:
> >> DO NOT REMOVE VISTA unless you can get the drivers from SONY for XP.
> >> If they are not on the Sony site you will not find them anywhere else.
> >> Just remove the bloat ware on the machine that you don't want.
>
> >> If the drivers, chipset, sound, video, wireless and wired Ethernet are on
> >> the Sony site
> >> you can have a go at xp.
>
> > what about my question about retaining some of the pre-installed
> > software such as the vaio power management which seems to work very
> > well - for example using the 'ultimate battery' setting then I can get
> > about 8 hours out my machine. Is this software downloadable from
> > anyware if I do decide to reformat to XP ??
> > Or perhaps there are manual settings in order to achieve the same
> > result ??
>
> A very recent thread around here says you are most likely SOL.
> instead of fishing for answers here, how about doing some legwork and
> check out the sony website yourself.

Thank you for your input but I think you are not really reading my
post.
I am asking that assuming the drivers are able to find found for XP .
then would the loss of the Sony prop software specifically the vaio
power managment be sufficient reason NOT to format to XP?
OR are the these programs able to be downloaded after format either
from Sony ( I have looked but cannot find ) or are there others from
other vendors which do the same apparently useful jobs ?

Posted by G.G.Willikers on May 23, 2008, 7:25 am
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 -keevill- wrote:
>> -keevill- wrote:
>>>> DO NOT REMOVE VISTA unless you can get the drivers from SONY for XP.
>>>> If they are not on the Sony site you will not find them anywhere else.
>>>> Just remove the bloat ware on the machine that you don't want.
>>>> If the drivers, chipset, sound, video, wireless and wired Ethernet are on
>>>> the Sony site
>>>> you can have a go at xp.
>>> what about my question about retaining some of the pre-installed
>>> software such as the vaio power management which seems to work very
>>> well - for example using the 'ultimate battery' setting then I can get
>>> about 8 hours out my machine. Is this software downloadable from
>>> anyware if I do decide to reformat t o XP ??
>>> Or perhaps there are manual settings in order to achieve the same
>>> result ??
>> A very recent thread around here says you are most likely SOL.
>> instead of fishing for answers here, how about doing some legwork and
>> check out the sony website yourself.
>
> Thank you for your input but I think you are not really reading my
> post.
> I am asking that assuming the drivers are able to find found for XP .
> then would the loss of the Sony prop software specifically the vaio
> power managment be sufficient reason NOT to format to XP?
> OR are the these programs able to be downloaded after format either
> from Sony ( I have looked but cannot find ) or are there others from
> other vendors which do the same apparently useful jobs ?

Oh I read your post perfectly fine. And like I said, a very recent
thread discussed this very power management software issue, ad nauseum.

Posted by BillW50 on May 23, 2008, 2:59 pm
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-keevill- typed on Fri, 23 May 2008 03:02:22 -0700 (PDT):
>> -keevill- wrote:
>>>> DO NOT REMOVE VISTA unless you can get the drivers from SONY for
>>>> XP.
>>>> If they are not on the Sony site you will not find them anywhere
>>>> else. Just remove the bloat ware on the machine that you don't
>>>> want.
>>
>>>> If the drivers, chipset, sound, video, wireless and wired Ethernet
>>>> are on the Sony site
>>>> you can have a go at xp.
>>
>>> what about my question about retaining some of the pre-installed
>>> software such as the vaio power management which seems to work very
>>> well - for example using the 'ultimate battery' setting then I can
>>> get about 8 hours out my machine. Is this software downloadable from
>>> anyware if I do decide to reformat to XP ??
>>> Or perhaps there are manual settings in order to achieve the same
>>> result ??
>>
>> A very recent thread around here says you are most likely SOL.
>> instead of fishing for answers here, how about doing some legwork and
>> check out the sony website yourself.
>
> Thank you for your input but I think you are not really reading my
> post.
> I am asking that assuming the drivers are able to find found for XP .
> then would the loss of the Sony prop software specifically the vaio
> power managment be sufficient reason NOT to format to XP?
> OR are the these programs able to be downloaded after format either
> from Sony ( I have looked but cannot find ) or are there others from
> other vendors which do the same apparently useful jobs ?

If you remove or reformat, grab the original drivers with something
like:

DriverBackup! (free)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/

--
Bill


Posted by Dave on May 23, 2008, 4:54 am
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keevill wrote:
> I have just bought a Sony Vaio TZ series and I am considering removing
> the pre-installed Vista and other huge slowing progs such as Office
> 2007 Norton Security Suite etc.
> The machine seems a bit slow.
> I would install WinXP and lighter version of office/ AVG antivirus
> etc
> If I do that then of course I will lose some of the Sony applications
> such as the power management software which does seem to do the job.
> Is this to be recommended ? Will I Lose some good software which I
> may regret ?
> Seems to me that Sony install loads of bloatware stuff which I really
> don't want.

Check the Sony site to see if they have XP drivers. I know they do for
my SZ4-XWN/C. They inititally said they would not supply XP drivers, but
I guess Vista has been such a disaster that too many people asked for XP
drivers for Sony to avoid their requests.

I've wiped Vista and used Solaris, and lack drivers for the fingerprint
reader and camera, (power management is fine) but I believe if I used
XP, I could get all drivers from Sony.


Posted by BigJim on May 23, 2008, 9:29 am
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If the program is dedicated for Vista it will only run on Vista.
You must contact sony for that info.
>I have just bought a Sony Vaio TZ series and I am considering removing
> the pre-installed Vista and other huge slowing progs such as Office
> 2007 Norton Security Suite etc.
> The machine seems a bit slow.
> I would install WinXP and lighter version of office/ AVG antivirus
> etc
> If I do that then of course I will lose some of the Sony applications
> such as the power management software which does seem to do the job.
> Is this to be recommended ? Will I Lose some good software which I
> may regret ?
> Seems to me that Sony install loads of bloatware stuff which I really
> don't want.


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