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    Sony Vaio F series W7 clean install help

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Rickdanger, Aug 3, 2010.

  1. Rickdanger

    Rickdanger Newbie

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    Hi,

    I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit on my Vaio F series. I've downloaded and installed all the drivers from the Sony site and have no unknown devices in the device manager.

    I've also installed;

    Setting Utility Series
    VAIO Control Center
    VAIO Event Service
    VAIO Power Management

    But I can't find the option to configure the extra keyboard buttons like "S1". I'm sure it used to be in the VAIO Control Center app in my factory install.

    What else to I need to add it? This is a screen shot of my current Control Center.

    [​IMG]

    Also how can I disable/hide the 'Scroll Lock' and 'Num Lock' icons in the tray. Do I have to uninstall Event Service? Is there any other side affect to doing that?

    Cheers
     
    Rickdanger, Aug 3, 2010
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  2. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    You need to install the Sony shared library at first, before installing the notebook utilities. All other utilities depend upon this library.
     
    coolguy, Aug 3, 2010
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  3. Rickdanger

    Rickdanger Newbie

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    Cheers! I installed shared library and got the extra functions added to Control Center and the tray icons went away without me having to do anything.
     
    Rickdanger, Aug 4, 2010
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  4. HPEV

    HPEV Newbie

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    Where do you find the "Shared Library" ?
     
    HPEV, Dec 7, 2010
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  5. jpride

    jpride Notebook Evangelist

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    Vaio Care - Recovery - Reinstall Apps

    Or you can download from your Sony eSupport page
     
    jpride, Dec 7, 2010
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  6. anseio

    anseio All ways are my ways.

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    Interestingly enough, I've never installed the Shared Library on any of my clean installs and I've had full functionality in VAIO Control Center. Hmmm...
     
    anseio, Dec 7, 2010
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