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    SZ220 Plug and Play Problem HELP

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Ze0n, Jan 9, 2007.

  1. Ze0n

    Ze0n Newbie

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    Hello,

    I finally figured out what was causing my laptop to be so slow.

    It is because of "Plug and Play"!!!

    I tried disabling it using msconfig and when I rebooted, it was fast!!

    But my network doesn't work anymore along with other things.

    So:

    PLEASE HELP: How can I fix the plug and play issue (it's most likely related to the USB drivers, b/c every time I restart it shows up usb device found)

    Thanks

    By the way, I checked this:

    "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion DevicePath

    The value shoud be %SystemRoot%\Inf and of type REG_EXPAND_SZ."

    The types for some other entries are REG_SZ though, should I change all of them to REG_EXPAND _SZ?

    I tried the plug and play registry fix and it still didn't work.

    Can anyone help please????
     
    Ze0n, Jan 9, 2007
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  2. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    You may want to give Sony Support a call in the meantime. They will be able to help you troubleshoot the issue.

    Good luck.
     
    chrisyano, Jan 9, 2007
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  3. roor

    roor Notebook Deity

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    thats weird, i dont think plug and play would be causing such a serious slow down issue. something else must be the problem as well, you should call up sony like that guy said
     
    roor, Jan 9, 2007
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  4. Ze0n

    Ze0n Newbie

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    OK, so I called India and they couldn't help me.

    Anyone have any ideas?
    I'm about to buy the recovery disks, reinstall and sell this laptop.
     
    Ze0n, Jan 10, 2007
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  5. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    Have you tried doing a system restore all the way back to the beginning?
     
    chrisyano, Jan 10, 2007
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  6. Ze0n

    Ze0n Newbie

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    I can't do that because I can't access the system restore thing anymore (F11 doesn't work at startup).

    BUT: I can see the 6GB partition on the HDD. Is there any way I can use that to restore everything?
     
    Ze0n, Jan 10, 2007
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  7. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    I mean the Windows System restore. Have you tried that? Perhaps rolling back a couple of restore points will help.
     
    chrisyano, Jan 10, 2007
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