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    Vaio SZ system config services

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jimmyb, Nov 12, 2007.

  1. jimmyb

    jimmyb Notebook Consultant

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    hi,

    was examing my VAIOs system confing and found the following services which im not sure if i can disable or not:

    MSCSPTISRV
    PACSPTISRV
    SONY SPTI
    VAIO Entertainment TV Device Arbitration
    VAIO Event service
    Vaio entertainment UPnp Client Adapter
    Vaio entertainment database service
    Vaio entertainment file import service
    XAudioService
    Sigmatel Audio Service

    looked around the net and couldnt find much help. anyone know what these are used for and if its ok to disable?

    thanks for the help
     
    jimmyb, Nov 12, 2007
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  2. bmwrob

    bmwrob Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try BleepingComputer, Process Library, liutilities, or ElderGeek. You should be able to find info on most of your processes at those sites.
     
    bmwrob, Nov 12, 2007
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    jimmyb Notebook Consultant

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    useful sites thanks. but does anyone have experience stopping the processes?
     
    jimmyb, Nov 23, 2007
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    drag0n Notebook Enthusiast

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    go to the MS knowledgebase and look up SERVICES.MSC

    read it until you FULLY understand it. THEN disable the services you are speaking of. I suggest only doing 1 service at a time and testing before starting on another service. JMHO...
     
    drag0n, Nov 23, 2007
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    lua Notebook Consultant

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    i did some digging while doing a clean install of vista, and here's what i know of the services listed above.

    event service: this is needed for the sony specific hardware features (s1, s2, fn buttons, etc).

    xaudio: install by modem driver.

    sigmatel: install by the audio driver.
     
    lua, Nov 24, 2007
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