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    vaio update won't update

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by yungwunn911, Jan 22, 2011.

  1. yungwunn911

    yungwunn911 Newbie

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    Hi all,

    I have a new Z133 and there is a little lightnint bolt on the system tray near the time/date.

    I click that and it is a "vaio update". When I initialize the update, it opens, extracts, and then disappears.

    What is this program? aand why won't it update???

    Thanks
     
    yungwunn911, Jan 22, 2011
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  2. arth1

    arth1 a҉r҉t҉h

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    it's supposed to download the applicable updates for you automatically. Don't bother -- Vaio Update has never worked. It doesn't work if you use a proxy server, if you're on IPv6, if you're on a 1:1 NAT, if you have set the DPI correctly, if you've changed the default browser to a non-IE based one, or if you one of a couple of the most popular AV programs. Oh, and it's never up-to-date either, so even if you manage to get it to work, it won't find the correct updates -- you may already have newer on your system, in which case it may notify you over and over again that you need an update, but can't install it.
    In short, it's a steaming pile of programming that Sony should be ashamed of.
     
    arth1, Jan 22, 2011
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