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    1 day old SZ650N/c can't shut down

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bumberbee, Sep 20, 2007.

  1. bumberbee

    bumberbee Notebook Enthusiast

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    what a crap machine...i think it may be vista tho...it's less than a day old and after installing the usual software and removing most of the sony and aol junk, my screen's in the shutting down mode for the past 10mins.

    tell me what to do???
     
    bumberbee, Sep 20, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Nothing. The first few times Vista shuts down takes a while, esp. after you install a lot of stuff. Vista's doing file management and update installs. It will also take a while to turn on after this.
     
    Lithus, Sep 20, 2007
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    MonsterMaxx Notebook Evangelist

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    Clean installation is where I'd start.
    Sony ships it full of bloatware and it's just about impossible to get some of it out.

    It will run a lot faster and have less problems if you start with a clean install.
     
    MonsterMaxx, Sep 20, 2007
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    This happened to me a few times too on the first day. Well, cleaning up some bloatware definitely helps to speed it up!
     
    danzzz, Sep 20, 2007
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    yea same thing happened to me the first day. I even altered the registry to make it shutdown quicker and it was still taking 10 mins to shutoff. But ever since then it shuts down fairly quickly.
     
    TriniZX3, Sep 20, 2007
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  6. bumberbee

    bumberbee Notebook Enthusiast

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    now it takes 3 mins to shutdown hahha...getting better....didnt realise that sony doesn't partition hdd for recovery when shipped.
     
    bumberbee, Sep 20, 2007
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    bumberbee Notebook Enthusiast

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    time to up ram to 4gb..is it true that my vista business 32bit will not be able to use all 4gb?
     
    bumberbee, Sep 20, 2007
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  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    No 32 bit OS can see it all. It will be able to access about 3.5 gb.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 20, 2007
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