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    VPCZ11 ~ Vaio Personalization Manager?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Achusaysblessyou, Jun 1, 2010.

  1. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    What is the Vaio Personalization Manager? For the second time this week, I've noticed my fan was working pretty hard and upon opening my task manager, I see that the Vaio Personalization Manager is using a lot of processing power... So, I hesitantly end the process, and the fan quiets down and i go back down to 5% cpu usage. Does it do anything really important? Can i remove it?

    btw, both times i was in stamina mode fyi.

    note: image of task manager attached
     

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  2. AGabi

    AGabi Notebook Consultant

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    I have W7 Clean installed without Vaio Personalization Manager and my notebook working fine. VAIO Personalization Manager provides a recommedation feature to Media Gallery, Giga Pocket Digital and for VAIO Location Search. I think it important if you have factory OS with all preinstalled programs.
     
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  3. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    Okay, so since i didn't clean install windows I shouldn't remove Vaio Personalization Manager?
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Jun 1, 2010
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    andrewliu6294 Notebook Consultant

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    There's quite a bit of stuff you should be able to remove from the bloatware Sony installed without losing any functionality.

    The actual programs I don't remember :p
     
    andrewliu6294, Jun 1, 2010
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  5. AGabi

    AGabi Notebook Consultant

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    Try to remove. If you will have any issues after, just install it again.
     
    AGabi, Jun 2, 2010
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  6. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    Ahh okay, that's a good idea =). Thanks guys! I'll keep ya updated on that. =p
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Jun 2, 2010
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