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    Fn keyes and brightness...

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Mr Paul, Aug 17, 2006.

  1. Mr Paul

    Mr Paul Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    So ive had my vaio s460 for a bit over a year now and i love it! the size is perfect for me and the machine runs great especially after the new bios and the less heat. Ok so i have one problem... i was installing vista a while back and i completely screwed up my hard drives and all the partitions. I was forced to format. I had a windows xp professional cd laying around so I installed windows xp pro. Ok now ive installed every drive r on the sony page and i still cant get the fn keyes to work, the power management does not work, and the s1 and s2 keyes dont work. Is there something im doing wrong? Please help me :(

    Thanks
    Paul
     
    Mr Paul, Aug 17, 2006
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    Anyone? Any help would be apreciated.... Im going insane here.
     
    Mr Paul, Aug 18, 2006
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    You have to install the package Sony Control Device driver and Sony Control Device driver utility.
    Then make sure it is running as a services
     
    jyavenard, Aug 19, 2006
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    whats the service name... ?
     
    Mr Paul, Aug 19, 2006
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    ive installed every driver on that page... it just wont work... :(
     
    Mr Paul, Aug 24, 2006
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    ok so for somee reason the volume started working... now when i try adjusting the brightness, the meter pops up on the screen but the brightness stays the same no matter what setting its on.
     
    Mr Paul, Aug 27, 2006
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