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    Install Vista Ultimate on TZ, but what about misc utilities?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ninjavshippo, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. ninjavshippo

    ninjavshippo Notebook Geek

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    I have a multi-license Windows Vista Ultimate that I'm thinking of installing on my TZ170n/b instead of the business version that it comes with, but I'm concerned about not having some of the utilities.

    Does anyone know if there's a way to get, say, the fingerprint software/drivers and the wwan drivers and the smartwi program to manage it any other way?

    update: check that, found maximus' link to the fingerprint software, but i'm still worried about smartwi and the wwan support. any help there?
     
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    andygb40 Notebook Deity

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    Why would you want to put ultimate on it? Business does nearly all except the media centre and the bitlocker. All the rest can be "activated" via Control Panel->Programs->Turn Windows features on or off.
     
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    the main reason is because i had my hard drive replaced and didn't make a recovery disk first, so i'm trying to make do w/ what i have.
     
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    jeme Notebook Evangelist

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    Also - you may want to get rid of most of the crapware - ie a clean install - I installed ultimate on my TZ130 - I can tell you getting all of the Sony Utilities working is a challenge.
     
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    jeme: do you mean you couldn't get the wwan working?
     
    ninjavshippo, Mar 4, 2008
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    The TZ130 does not have WWAN, it has WLAN. Just Wi-Fi.
     
    jeme, Mar 5, 2008
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