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    Vaio SR - Can I not install Vista Business if my laptop came with Home Premium?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by humayunl, Sep 24, 2008.

  1. humayunl

    humayunl Newbie

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    I am installing Vista Business on an SR Vaio that came with Vista Home Premium.

    Vista installs fine but when I try to install drivers (downloaded for the SR from the sony website) i get errors stating something like "This will only work with Windows Vista" as if it has trouble with the version of Vista I am using.

    Is the laptop somehow supposed to recognize and restrict which version of vista I can install on it? I have a legit version of Vista Business so why can I not install that on my laptop?

    I need to join a domain so I need Vista Business.

    Any help is much appreciated.
     
    humayunl, Sep 24, 2008
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  2. thebigpants27

    thebigpants27 Notebook Evangelist

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    you need to make sure you are download the vista business drivers not the vista premium drivers off the sony support page....

    god knows why they would be different...is it possible youre also installing a 64-bit OS? Im not sure if the SR has drivers for 64-bit yet....
     
    thebigpants27, Sep 24, 2008
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  3. humayunl

    humayunl Newbie

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    Nope I am installing the 32 bit version of Vista.

    I did go to the sony website and got the Vista Business drivers but got the same issue. The message "This update can only be run on Microsoft Windows Vista" as if the laptop is somehow locked to Vista Home Premium.

    ??? :(
     
    humayunl, Sep 25, 2008
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    thebigpants27 Notebook Evangelist

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    can you take a screenshot and show me? What drivers are you getting this notice from?
     
    thebigpants27, Sep 25, 2008
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