Clean install guide. Sony VAIO laptops come installed with lots of bloatware and, given the VAIO P series’ low power CPU, this really ruins it.
Out of the box running Vista my P11Z was barely usable. Here’s how to clean install Windows 7 and the minimal amount of Sony software, which results in a striking improvement. I wrote this up for the forum at Pocketables.net (the main forum it seems for the VAIO P), but I’ll post it here too. I once had a bad experience with sudden forum deletion – In 2003 I wrote an IPSec VPN guide on the official Netgear forums and one day when I needed it I discovered that they’d relaunched the forums, and deleted all the old content! Needless to say I didn’t have my own copy and web.archive.org didn’t have it either… Back to the VAIO: Before you start, use the GlobeTrotter Connect software to check the firmware version of your Option GTM382 HSDPA + GPS card.
You can use the Sony Windows 7 Upgrade media to carry out a clean install. Do not install the Battery Check. [ubuntu netbook remix] 9.10 on Sony Vaio P, videocard driver new. HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo. This page details support for the Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" video hardware with Ubuntu 12.04 and higher. Unfortunately the support for this hardware is extremely limited on Linux.
There are several drivers, but all lack certain basic features, such as future and current maintenance or support for suspend and hardware acceleration. Currently, the best supported driver for Ubuntu is gma500_gfx. For obsolete and unsupported drivers see GMA500 Obsolete Drivers With kernel 2.6.39, a new psb_gfx module appeared in the kernel source developed by Alan Cox to support Poulsbo hardware. As of kernel 3.3.rc1 the driver has left staging and been renamed gma500_gfx and is thus the default, supported driver for Ubuntu 12.04 and higher.
Starting with kernel 3.3.4 , the gma500_gfx driver works without adding any boot options. The gma500_gfx does not (yet) support 3d graphics and it is unclear if it will in the future. Install Windows 7 From USB Drive/Pen Drive. My Digital Life: VAIO P. In my quest to travel as light as possible, I finally broke down and purchased a Sony VAIO P notebook or netbook or UMPC (whatever…).
I waited until 1.6GHZ version became available in the US. As with Apple products, you pay a hefty premium for the "privilege" of owning the VAIO P but against my better financial judgment, I took the plunge. With the US 1.6GHZ model, I was forced into a 128GB SSD (a 64GB would have been fine) but the 18 month no interest deal sealed the deal. I have had the unit a couple of weeks and after some tweaking, including the purchase of the extended battery I have to say that I am pretty pleased with its performance. Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths - Windows - SExpandClick to view As a tech writer, one of my biggest pet peeves is the plethora of bad advice littered across almost every web site dedicated to system tweaking.
Besides the tweaks that simply don't work, some of them will actually cause your computer to run even slower—or worse. Let's examine some of the most offensive myths out there regarding PC performance tweaking, and debunk them once and for all. Disabling QoS to Free Up 20% of BandwidthP This tip made the rounds with people believing that Microsoft always allocates 20% of your bandwidth for Windows Update.
According to the instructions, you were supposed to disable QoS in order to free up bandwidth. Make Vista Use Multiple Cores to Speed Up Boot TimeP This bogus tip made the rounds recently and almost everybody got caught including Lifehacker and big brother site Gizmodo... although commenters called it out quickly on both sides, and the editors updated the posts. Speed Up a Slow My Computer with a Simple Tweak - File Managemen. Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows 7* 32 (zip) New Atom Driver - Page 7.
How To Install Hardware Or Device Drivers Manually In Windows 7. When you install a hardware or plug in a new device Windows 7 / Vista automatically selects the best driver.
But sometimes you get a CD with your device that includes a driver with more features and a software too. You can also find the latest driver from the Company’s website that made the external device or hardware that you bought. If you don’t know how to update your device or hardware driver, then here is the easy way to do it. Note: This tutorial also indirectly helps in answering the following question “How To Update Your Graphic Card or Display Adapter ?”. Go to Start and right-click on Computers and select Manage. Now, simply select the device who’s driver you want to update. Once you are done. You have two options here, if you want to install a driver that came with your device or hardware, then select Browse my computer for driver software. It will then open a window similar like the one shown below, eBoostr Official Website: Accelerate your Computer! - Home. Sony Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX 8 Go - Achat / Vente Carte mémoi.
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Les cartes Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX ont été développées pour répondre aux exigences croissantes des utilisateurs en termes de capacité et de vitesse de transfert. Avec des débits à partir de de 15 Mo/s en écriture, cette carte mémoire est idéale pour le transfert de quantités importantes de données ainsi que pour l'enregistrement de vidéos et photos en très haute résolution. Points forts : VAIO Support Europe. Accessoires. Sony Vaio P. Windows Phone 7 UI on Vaio P. How to play fullscreen HD video in Windows 7. UPDATE - This guide is now a bit out of date.
I have maintained a newer one on my blog here: Apologies for the small screenshots - this forum's attachment size limits are very small and I didn't want to host the images elsewhere because then they'd probably break later, as often happens with this kind of guide. Unfortunately, the images are only visible to registered users of this forum. This guide only deals with H.264 which seems to be the most prevalent of the two major HD codecs. Windows Media Player (WMP) can play VC-1 out of the box, but it's only partially hardware assisted by default. Out of the box, Windows 7's WMP will play HD clips using the GMA 500 and DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) to do the decode. The PowerDVD 8 H.264 decoder will use about 10% less CPU, is less prone to locking up, and by using Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) we can render subtitles.
Ingredients Matroska Splitter - this reads the MKV container format. GUIDE: Creating a Bootable ISO from your Sony Windows 7 Upgrade. Reflect Backup and Hard Disk Imaging for Windows 7, Vista, XP an. Accents français sur un clavier Qwerty. Taper des accents français sur un clavier Qwerty La solution usuelle pour taper des accents sur un clavier Qwerty est d'utiliser une touche compose. J'utilise néanmoins une autre méthode. L'idée est de simplement associer la touche AltGr et une lettre pour produire un accent. Le français n'ayant pas tellement de lettres accentuées, il est possible de choisir les touches judicieusement.
JLG Utilities - QWERTY ACCENT. EN4FR : Faire des accents français sur un clavier anglais. Quelle penible tache pour un francais de devoir lire des textes ecrits par un autre francais qui n’a pas la possibilite de mettre d’agreables accents sur ces lettres.
Par exemple, si j’ecris : « L’ete precedent, j’etais en vacances forcees a a peu pres 1km de la celebre etable geree par M. Clavier multilingue cyrillique pour Windows. Pour écrire en caractères cyrilliques, on n'a pas besoin d'acheter un clavier bilingue spécial.
En téléchargeant le clavier Viton, vous étendrez les possiblités de votre clavier français (ou autre) en ajoutant des lettres russes, ukrainiennes, biélorusses, serbes, bulgares, kazakhs, abkhazes, etc. Il est basé sur l'emploi des touches mortes (accent circonflex, pour le russe). Par défaut, votre clavier normal reste activé. Jolicloud. I managed to get the GMA500 working on 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), 2d worked just fine, no 3d / compiz bells and whistles.
Setting up Jolicloud on the Vaio P. EDIT 2011-03-11: Since this is one of my most popular articles I thought I should update it a bit.
Jolicloud is now on version 1.2 and most sections in this tutorial can be skipped (everything in the basic section at least). I'm not going to re-write it at the moment, since I have lots to study, but I will add a tips I found on Ubuntu Forums on how to get scroll to work! Pretty exciting right? I will guide you in the right direction: here is the script and here is how to install it. Code Evangelism » Vaio P Instant On fun.