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    Weird keyboard bug that affects ALL NEW VAIO SZ SERIES.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Ryan007, May 27, 2008.

  1. Silvery

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    You can try to apply Vista fix. I think it works on Windows XP as well because the problem and the solution exist since Windows NT 3.5 which was released long before Windows XP.
     
    Silvery, Jun 27, 2008
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  2. heshanj

    heshanj Notebook Evangelist

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    can i be sure it'll work? coz it involves editing registry, and thats something i dont wanna mess with unless im absolutely sure...if its recommended to try the same vista fix, i definitely will
     
    heshanj, Jun 28, 2008
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  3. Silvery

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    Sorry, I'm not Sony technical support and I don't have Windows XP to test the fix myself, so I cannot recommend it but only suggest. Lets wait for someone who is willing to test it on Windows XP.
     
    Silvery, Jun 28, 2008
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    I tried registry fix out on Windows XP Pro SP3 - SZ 650N.

    Looks fine to me! Computer booted normally, everything is fine. As for the holding-a-key-down problem, I haven't ran into it again yet so I will post back if and only if it comes up again.

    Thanks a bunch! I was googling the wrong query and I ended up not finding this thread earlier. Lucky for me.
     
    vietboi821, Jun 29, 2008
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  5. unid3ntifi3d

    unid3ntifi3d Notebook Consultant

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    So what part of that article am I supposed to follow? I'm lost on what to do.
     
    unid3ntifi3d, Jun 30, 2008
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    vietboi821, Jun 30, 2008
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  7. Silvery

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    Download archive attached to that post, it contains file keyboard_fix.reg, extract it from the archive and double click on it, you will be warned that an information will be added to the registry, agree to it, reboot, check the result.

    Content of keyboard_fix.reg file can be viewed with notepad, if you want to view it, right click on it (the file should already be extracted) and a choose "Edit" from the appeared menu.
     

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    Silvery, Jun 30, 2008
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    unid3ntifi3d Notebook Consultant

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    That Vista registry fix for my XP Pro?
     
    unid3ntifi3d, Jul 1, 2008
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  9. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Thanks a lot for that little registry entry.
    If it would have been just changing a number, I would have done that myself - but writng an entry seemed too dangerous to me.
    (This entry did not exist on my laptop...)

    Your little file solved this little nuissance (it wasn't really a problem) perfectly.

    Again, thanks a lot!

    (Speaking for Vista)

    All the best
    Dcm
     
    DetlevCM, Jul 1, 2008
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  10. Silvery

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    Yes. Technically there is no difference how the fix is applied on Vista and on Windows XP - a certain value should be added to the registry, and that file does just that no matter which Windows version you have.
     
    Silvery, Jul 1, 2008
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    Confirmed working for Windows XP Pro! :cool: Haven't had a problem since, even while gaming (where this problem affected me most)

    Thanks!
     
    vietboi821, Jul 1, 2008
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  12. unid3ntifi3d

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    Kudos to you, Silvery. It's been a couple weeks since I installed that registry fix, and I haven't ran into any problems with the CPU-load/freezing/slowdown. I used to have problems using Photoshop and playing infantry, but not anymore. I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. And yes, reboot is required.
     
    unid3ntifi3d, Jul 11, 2008
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    hi gs
    it is still not solved fo me...
    not al mi didgets a en't wo king same as some lette s
    i have t ied the keiboad fix tho gh b t it as noticed not wo king fo me
    what to do next? :-<
     
    qsqs, Feb 28, 2009
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