topic Re: Upgrading to vista in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13241#M86495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is the VGN A517S vista capable?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:14:44 GMT Fuckdustcharlie 2006-11-12T15:14:44Z Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13238#M86492 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Were can I get the SATA raid drivers for my motherboard VGN A517S so I can upgrade to VISTA come Jan?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:58:26 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13238#M86492 Fuckdustcharlie 2006-11-12T14:58:26Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13239#M86493 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Unless an update is required for Vista, I would copy them from the C:\Drivers\RAID folder.<BR /><BR />Copy the whole folder including the iaStor.inf as well as the actual driver iaStor.sys.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:04:16 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13239#M86493 Blencogo 2006-11-12T15:04:16Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13240#M86494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Also according to <A href="http://www.club-vaio.com/clubvaio/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=34725" target="_blank">Nico</A> If you have bought a Vista Capable machine, you will be eligible to download all necessary modules (drivers, bios, utilties, etc...) to have your VAIO working as it does today with XP (or hopefully better <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span> through our support website.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:07:49 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13240#M86494 Thalamus. 2006-11-12T15:07:49Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13241#M86495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is the VGN A517S vista capable?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:14:44 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13241#M86495 Fuckdustcharlie 2006-11-12T15:14:44Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13242#M86496 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have a look at this <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/default.mspx" target="_blank">Get Ready for Windows Vista</A> site.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:25:30 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13242#M86496 Thalamus. 2006-11-12T15:25:30Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13243#M86497 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I run the Advisor, it tells me that the SATA and Intel RAID drivers are OK for Vista Ultra.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:28:12 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13243#M86497 Blencogo 2006-11-12T15:28:12Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13244#M86498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>yes, VGN a517s is capable of vista ultra, that is according to the vista advisor,,even my ol 517m is 100% capable..<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:27:05 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13244#M86498 koymik 2006-11-12T20:27:05Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13245#M86499 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Also according to <A href="http://www.club-vaio.com/clubvaio/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=34725" target="_blank">Nico</A> If you have bought a Vista Capable machine, you will be eligible to download all necessary modules (drivers, bios, utilties, etc...) to have your VAIO working as it does today with XP (or hopefully better <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span> through our support website.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR /><BR />Very disappointed that there are not even beta drivers for Vista for the sony vaios...<BR /><BR />None of the special function keys work... there's no support for battery life etc.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:25:30 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13245#M86499 gavinw 2006-11-13T12:25:30Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13246#M86500 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Don't think many people will need the power of Vista Ultra.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:13:56 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13246#M86500 kee-lo_ 2006-11-13T18:13:56Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13248#M86501 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Only the "Testosterone Kids" Kee-Lo!!<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:11:58 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13248#M86501 Blencogo 2006-11-13T19:11:58Z Re: Upgrading to vista https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13250#M86502 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>gavinw, there's a member at the end of <A href="http://www.club-vaio.com/clubvaio/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=35853" target="_blank">this thread</A> who says he has got the fn keys working.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:26:53 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/upgrading-to-vista/m-p/13250#M86502 robpaxton 2006-11-13T20:26:53Z