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    What do these softwares do?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by kevindd992002, Sep 30, 2009.

  1. kevindd992002

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    Sony Utilities DLL
    Vaio Entertainment Platform

    Are they even needed when upgrading to Win7 RTM x64?

    Please help. Thanks.
     
    kevindd992002, Sep 30, 2009
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    The utilities DLL, is definitely needed. It is part of what provides the onscreen display of volume and brightness, function key support and other things. The entertainment platform is a media library thing. It provides in home media sharing across your intRAnet (notice the RA there not ER). Most folks who do a clean install skip it. But if you have multiple machines in you house and want to share media with them it is quite nice.

    Gary
     
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    Oh ok. But why is it that the definition of what the Sony Utilities DLL says that it is only needed in XP? So it's still needed in Windows 7?

    And AFAIK there is an order in which I need to install the Sony Utilities, where would I insert the Utilities DLL installation?
     
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    You don't need Sony utilities DLL, Vaio entertainment platform for 64-bit Win 7.
     
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    Win 7 RTM x64
     
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    You don't? Doesn't it have some of the DLL's needed for the event service, on screen displays etc to work? We needed it for Vista. Why not Win7?

    Gary
     
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    Not the XP version,. But for Vista we needed a Vista version. But Rajeesh seems to think it is not needed with Win7. I will defer to him as he has Win7 running and I have not bitten the bullet just yet. He also has the definitive order.

    Gary
     
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    It's just that most of the guides here never mentioned installing Sony Utilities DLL even with Vista. They mentioned that you just need that when downgrading to XP but I may be wrong.
     
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    My guide for an install of Vista on an FZ series machine certainly mentions it (see link in my signature line below), because it is required. On the FZ model, the Sony Utilities DLL was packaged as SOOOTH-37300000-US.EXE and it included the Sony Setting Utility, VAIO Camera Capture, Vaio Camera Utility, Vaio event Service, AV Button utility, Vaio Power Management and the Wireless Switch Setting Utility.

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    One thing, is your guide for the x64 version of Vista?
     
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    Not written for it, but it has been used as a guide for what is needed and the correct order for installing on Vista 32, Vista 64, Win7 32, and Win7 64. Of course you have to substitute the proper 64 bit versions where required.

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    Oh ok. But why did coolguy said that the utilities DLL isn't needed? :( Which is which?
     
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    Why are you asking me? I asked the same question of Rajeesh. Let's see what he has to say. He knows his stuff quite well. I am sure he'll have an explanation. I have a feeling it may be the way things are "packaged". As I said in my note, the Sony Utilities DLL was packaged as a bunch of stuff that were all installed in one fell swoop. It may now be individual files.

    Rajeesh, am I on the right track?

    Gary
     
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    Sony removed the utilities DLL from their newer versions of utilities. You need it if you install a 32-bit version of Vista or Windows 7 and use originally supplied drivers for your FZ. The DLL utility doesn't work with 64-bit Windows 7 and because of this there is loss of functionality with Wireless Switch switching utility, S button setting in Vaio Control center (which can be registry hacked to launch apps) in 64-bit Windows 7.
     
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    What notebook model do you have?
     
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    I have the VGN-CS16G/R, are all of this methods applicable to my laptop?

    It's just that my volume slider and multimedia buttons don't work, all the Fn keys work though.
     
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    What about the event setting service, it was part of that installer too? I thought that was needed for the function keys. I assume there is some replacement for that since you have the function keys functional.

    Gary
     
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    Yeah, I haven't installed utilities DLL but all my Fn keys are working.
     
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    For our FZ, Sony utilities DLL used to be part of "Original Notebook Utilities". Sony doesn't include it in the package anymore for the newer models, but the "Setting Utility Series" (part of Original notebook utilities) takes care of this now. Are you talking about the "Vaio Event Service"? You need this too for the hot key (Fn) functionality.
     
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    Are you talking about the Vol +/-, and Play, stop buttons?
     
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    Yes. The ones on the left and right side of my AV mode button, they are all touch sensitive.

    AFAIK, the SFEP driver is the one responsible for this right? I already installed the latest x64 driver of SFEP and they still don't work. The AV mode button does work when I install Vaio Launcher.
     
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    Which of those? I have all the 9/29/2009 drivers that were posted in the Europe FTP Link of Sony, are they the wrong versions for the CS?
     
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    I don't have any idea about the touch sensitive buttons as they are not in my FZ.
     
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