topic Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys! in PCs & Accessories

HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

Kei — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:30:25 GMT

Hi all VAIO fans

I've recently installed a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro, and consequently all of the data would be erased, including the drivers and utilities that were preinstalled in the system.

Thus I would like someone who has a K215B system to send me their copies of the more updated drivers/utilies for the PC.
I am aware of the downloads available in the VAIO-Link section, but believe me these are old and haven't been updated for nearly a year now.
I remember that the drivers that I had with my K215B were current to August 2004 including the video driver.

Can someone who owns a K215B please send me the most recent drivers and utilities and NOT those available on VAIO-Link?
My e-mail is pochykei@yahoo.com

Thank you. ^_^

Re: I need up to date drivers/utilities for K215B

jammold — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:39:27 GMT

If Sony have not updated their drivers, then it is unlikely that another user will have more updated drivers.

If you need the latest drivers, then download them from the manufacturers websites, and in the case of ATi drivers, use Omega Drivers (with caution).

Re: I need up to date drivers/utilities for K215B

Kei — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:41:42 GMT

I've solved the problem with the video and pointing device drivers, but the Sony utilities and hotkeys files won't function properly.

I've installed the Sony utilities, the notebook setup and also the Hotkey utilities, and they're not working!

What's wrong with it?!

Re: I need up to date drivers/utilities for K215B

kee-lo_ — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:51:25 GMT

Kei

Install

1) Sony Notebook Setup
2) Sony Utilities
3) Sony Hotkeys

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

Kei — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:50:19 GMT

Nope, nothing helped. I installed them in that order but it treats it as though they're not there at all.
I've tried running notebook setup and it just does nothing. The HKWnd and HKServ processes are running in the background but nothing happens with I use my hotkeys.

However, there are some that work. The sleep hotkey, i.e. Fn + F12, and the Scroll Lock hotkey, i.e. Fn + Num Lk, work. Those work. But the rest don't.
The mute, volume adjust, brightness adjust, LCD/TV adjust all don't work. Apparently these are the ones that show up on the LCD, you know, the white and black display thingy near the bottom of the screen.

Is there something that my VAIO lacks which is essential for those to function properly?

Jeez, I only just installed a new OS, how come everything falls apart now with these stupid Sony utilities and drivers? It's like Sony is preventing users from installing clean OS or upgrades onto the VAIO.

More help if available, please. HELP!!!

Oh yeah btw, when I run the notebook setup exe, the SNSetup process goes crazy, does nothing and stays in the process taking up 100% of my resources.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:08:36 GMT

Thats probably the reason why it doesn't work, it doesn't like using other OSes which is a real pain

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

seb21__ — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:12:08 GMT

That's strange, because I had burned my own Windows CD with the tutorial on ClubJAMES. And there was no problem to install the drivers from VAIO-Link.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

Kei — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:36:23 GMT

I've only installed a clean XP Pro. There's nothing more, it's just that. Why isn't it accepting the utilities?

I downloaded the stuff direct from VAIO-Link, the preinstall stuff. What do I need to install anyway?
There's a whole list of stuff to install but I only want to get back my Hotkeys working again.

Here's the stuff available from the VAIO-Link downloads:

http://home.ripway.com/2004-12/216036/WhatNow.jpg

I've nothing that can be preventing successful installation. No virus, no spy-ware, it's a new OS.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

seb21__ — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 05:41:06 GMT

No idea, some drivers are packed in a installer package and some not. If is there no installer package, then there must be a inf. file.
Rightclick on them, normally you see in the context menu "install". Check the utilities package again. Maybe you have forgot to install a driver.:smileyconfused:

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

Kei — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:17:18 GMT

Have anyone ever installed a clean copy of XP Pro on their K215B? How did you go about reinstalling the components for the hotkey function?

By the way, at the boot up, I'm always getting the OS choice menu, between XP Pro and XP Home, every time I start up. But when I select XP Home, it says that the files are missing etc. and that it can't proceed and then it boots up.

I don't know why XP Home is in there because I've completely wiped out and formatted the PC's past partitions and I've just installed XP Pro onto 1 new partition.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

rich912 — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:44:10 GMT

To remove XP Home from the start options right click on My Computer icon > select Properties > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery > Settings. Click on the edit button and delete the line containing \WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect and then save the file.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

kee-lo_ — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:38:00 GMT

LOL thats crafty Rich

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

mvanwambeke — Mon, 02 May 2005 11:01:46 GMT

When you reinstall the original OS ( OEM )
You will have under the C:/ drive a map called drivers
Also you will have C:/Utils/utils.exe

Maybe you can use these?
Ask if someone still has these ?

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

Kei — Tue, 03 May 2005 11:40:32 GMT

Yeah precisely, that's the only option. The utilities and drivers which I have now are those from VAIO-Link, which I believe are not compatible with my VAIO. They are different to those which I have in the recovery discs.
I better backup my stuff, finish my downloading and then restore it tomorrow.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

Kei — Wed, 04 May 2005 23:25:31 GMT

Problem solved. I restored the OEM OS, grabbed the drivers and utilities bundled with the original OEM, formatted and installed XP Pro again, and installed those utilities, then it worked.

It seems that the drivers and utilities provided on VAIO-Link are obsolete.

Re: HELP needed with K215B utilities and hotkeys!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 05 May 2005 15:13:11 GMT

It seems that the drivers and utilities provided on VAIO-Link are obsolete.

Heh sounds about right for Sony...