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    Vaio SZ-VGN460N One day, a dream. Yesterday a nightmare. And tomorrow?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Tunico, Oct 29, 2007.

  1. Tunico

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    When I bought my Vaio I thought that I got the better notebook that I ever had.
    It came with Windows Vista Business. I think that Vista is very heavy to daily work. So, I installed my old and good Win XP. Nothing worked. I call for support and I received the information that “the model only work with original system installed in it”. Ok, I thought, no problem. I will use Vista. I did a full recovery of the original installation (first).
    As I live in Brazil, I decided change the System for my Language. “Impossible” said support. “This model was for use in USA with the system installed in it. If you install other language some resources can not work”. I didn’t believe and I bought a Brazilian version of Windows Vista Business. I put it to work. Among other resources, Modem didn’t work. As I will use the notebook to work in my trips, I need modem for dial up connection some times. I did a full recovery of the original installation (second). The modem ran again.
    A site for update was offered and I accepted. Among a lot of updates suggestions there were 3 classified as Critical. Carefully I did the download and installed them. I uninstalled, too, all the “offered” softwares like Simantec Security System trial, Cingular communication manager, MS Office 2007 trial and so.
    The dial up connection that worked before didn’t run after update and deletion of spurious offers.
    I call for support. After two o three message changed, including suggestion that the phone system in Brazil is different from USA (what is not true) the last suggestion was – “You will need to do a full recovery of the original installation.”
    Ok. I did it. (third).
    I used the last week-end, for the third time in 2 months, for a full recovery of the original installation. I did it step-to-step. One of the updates from Sony Vaio Update site for this model stoped the modem. And Cingular Comunication Manager offered in the packet, too.
    I restored the system for a moment before updates and deletions and now I don’t know what more will happen. This is the nightmare.
    But today the vaio sz is ok. Today. Tomorrow, who knows?
     
    Tunico, Oct 29, 2007
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