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Sony V2S - Problem sorted - Many thanks

Kieron — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:18:47 GMT

Guys, I'm so glad I came on here and asked you all. Guess what was causing the graphical glitches....

ZONEALARM!!!!

Thank you so much. I have no put the hammer back in the garage that I was going to use to smash the machine into little pieces.

:smileygrin: :smileygrin: :smileygrin: :smileygrin: :smileygrin: :smileygrin: :smileygrin:

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

TygerTyger — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:27:18 GMT

If you send it to Sony whether there is something wrong or not they will send it back, because the problem is almost certainly software related not hardware. Do the following:

Start with both of these free programs: Spybot and Adaware which clean up adverts spyware etc all of which do a good job of slowing your computer down.

Then download Ace Utilities(30-day trial). Install this program, and then run the registry cleaner, but be sure to create a System Restore point first. This gets rid of leftover records from old files and programs which your computer is slowed down by. Probably doesn't apply since your computer is new, but worth a try.

Then run a thorough anti-virus check using an UP TO DATE antivirus program, and see how you stand after all of this. And just as an aside, make sure you also have a good up to date firewall installed as well.

Failing all of this, and since your computer is new and probably doesn't have too much stuff on it you may wish to try a total restore from the Vaio recovery disk.

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Psaila — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:27:31 GMT

Is your Dealer not close to hand ?

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Kieron — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:45:43 GMT

I have spent the best part of two weeks transferring music from my old PC to the Vaio, I have ran Adaware with no reported problems and my dealer was mail order.

I really don't want to do a system restore as it means getting 20 gigs of music off the system and putting me back 2 weeks.

I will try the registy editor.

Thanks for your help. I'm tearing my hair out with this to be honest....

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:48:15 GMT

If you ripped the music with SonicStage backup the database and copy it onto another PC.

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Psaila — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:50:31 GMT

Thanks for your help. I'm tearing my hair out with this to be honest....

And Relax . You among FriendsSave The HAIR .. HIT THIS

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:51:46 GMT

Maybe you should play that game in the "new vaio" section

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

TygerTyger — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:53:32 GMT

The registry fixer was a bit of a long shot to be honest....the gif corruption problem seems very unusual, it's most likely a bug or corruption somewhere in your software, but where I couldn't guess.

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Kieron — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:57:19 GMT

Nice to see a Blackpool Tower avatar up there - I'm from Bpool also - www.djkey.com

I'm starting to think it's a problem with the geforce 5700 card - I have installed the latest drivers too.

An example of the problem can be found at www.yahoo.com - where it has an image of a handshake under the search the web box I am missing the text on the vaio but I get it all on my old pc.

If I refresh the google groups page I can get the google image (colour heading gif) to seperate in half by hitting ctrl and refresh.

I just know what Sony will say though...

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:03:13 GMT

I wonder if you could benefit from using Firefox?

www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Psaila — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:05:42 GMT

Nice to see a Blackpool Tower avatar up there - I'm from Bpool also .

I lived In blackpool many years Kieron , Now Live In Manchester . Must be quite there just now .

And Welcome to This Forum , The Clue Vaio Guys are cool .

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

TygerTyger — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:07:16 GMT

I would try forcing a clean reinstall of Internet Explorer, you can do it via the Microsoft website. Or first, if you do into Add/Remove programs and select Internet Explorer I believe their is a 'Repair' option in addition to uninstall. My memory is a bit hazy on how to get to it though. Even if you use another browser, much of the important stuff is intergration into Windows and/or IE.

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:12:23 GMT

How To Repair IE

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Kieron — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:14:25 GMT

Thanks for the tips. I ran Ace Utilities and it cleaned out a fair amount of rubbish from the registy. I'm running Norton at the moment and then I will re-boot......

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

clubuser — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:18:45 GMT

Good Luck!

CU - THANX GUYS - this is such a nice example of great help - made my day

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:25:12 GMT

See we are good guys.

Only 30 posts and you'll be a master too CU

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

nemo66 — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:49:15 GMT

Kieron....might have the solution...
Do u use the preinstalled Norton (SecuritySuite)?
If yes...i would deinstall it completly and use some freeware tools.(AntiVir and Outpost-Firewall)
This might be your problem, NORTON uses to block almost all actions despite if secure or not.
Maybe this would help.

Btw....how is ur V2S in other terms?

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

kee-lo_ — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:59:04 GMT

Good point Nemo

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Kieron — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:49:27 GMT

Thanks Nemo - I will try that now.

I have tried everything else - still have the graphical glitches etc etc

Re: Sony V2S - loads of problems, waste of money!!!!

Kieron — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:57:35 GMT

... As for how the rest of the machine is - well it's a beautiful design with the best LCD screen I have ever seen, I'm a little concerned about the non upgradability, I imagine the HD would be removable for something bigger in the future, but the graphics card and pretty much everything else looks integrated to the motherboard.

Even upgrading the memory is a Sony only job (unless you want to void the warranty....)

Basically it's a pretty laptop that's not mobile......