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    Sony Vaio FW11ZU - Dreamscene don't work

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by kev_gordon, Nov 6, 2008.

  1. kev_gordon

    kev_gordon Notebook Guru

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    Dreamscene on Vista Ultimate 32bit doesnt work on my FW11ZU.

    Has anyone else got it working on theirs? I don't really need it, I just wanted to try it out to see for myself what it looks like.

    I can select a Dreamscene wallpaper from the background manager, but then Windows just appears to freeze up. I have to use task manager to kill explorer.exe, and restart it and change to a picture wallpaper.

    I don't ever get a running DreamScene!
     
    kev_gordon, Nov 6, 2008
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    foldertree Notebook Guru

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    DreamScene et al: Just An Utter Waste Of CPU Power.
     
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    bgd Notebook Consultant

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    It works on my FW11M with Vista Ultimate 64-bit, have you tried updating the ATI driver?
     
    bgd, Nov 6, 2008
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    kev_gordon Notebook Guru

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    Aaah! No I hadn't! I still have the factory installed driver.

    I may use the ATI modder tool and get the latest driver installed on the Vaio. Thanks for the suggestion.


    Regarding DreamScene being an utter waste of CPU power - I'm in agreement! I doubt I will be leaving it on, but I just wanted to see it in action, as I have never seen it running for real as I've only had Vista Home Premium until now.
     
    kev_gordon, Nov 7, 2008
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