topic Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems in PCs & Accessories

Flash Player problem

Molio — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:03:12 GMT

Hi everybody, this is my first post!

I just bought a beautiful VGN-FE41S with Vista Home Premium and I immediatly felt in love with it .... :smileyblush:

I performed all the windows updates and the ones on this site but after this I can't run that program that handles photo, music, RSS feeds and can be set as screensaver (I don't remember the name right now! Sorry) anymore: after I run it it tells that I have to install the Flash player 9 or above but it's already installed. I also tried to uninstall and install again the player but no success at all.

Anybody has the samme issue or some advice to give? :smileythinking:

Thank you!!!

Re: Flash Player problem

Resonate — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:10:17 GMT

Hi Molio, Welcome to Club VAIO :smileygrin:

I cant remember the name of it either must be one of them days

Some times Flash player can be a bit teeth grating, It is more then likely yhat you have it installed however that program will need an adaptor/addon to play Flash post back when you have the name of the program & we will see what we can do

Re: Flash Player problem

Molio — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:20:58 GMT

Ok I got it!!!

It's the "Information Flow" program. I like it because it's simple but good looking and provides a fast access to the multimedia and info.

Thank you for your help! :smileysmug:

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

Spaceface — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:30:29 GMT

Hi Molio,

I bought the same VGN-FE41S with Vista Home Premium 4 weeks ago, and I have a number of issues with it. Some I was able to solve, some are still a problem.
I had the same problem as you describe with the Flash plugin; it also did not work in Internet Explorer (although it worked in Firefox). I also had numerous error messages ".dll file not registered"; all this stopped after the Sony Vaio Helpdesk told me to switch User Account Control (UAC) off ; I now run everything by default as administrator. I'm sure if you do the same, it should solve your problem.

My remaining problems and disappointments with this expensive machine:
* The Motion Eye sometimes works, sometimes does not. If it doesn't, I have to switch it off and then on again (in devices management) or reboot. Apparently a driver problem, so I'm waiting (quite impatiently) for a driver update from Sony
* The sound volume is incredibly low, even afters setting the speaker volume to 8(=max) in the BIOS and even after activating the Sonic Stage Sound filter. iTunes etc. are louder now, but I have no idea how to apply this on the Media Center.
* WinDVD for Vaio does not seem to work: the video is bouncy, and the sound out of sync !
I tried it on at least 5 DVD's.

If someone has any ideas to solve above mentioned issues, they would be most welcome !

Thanks.

Wouter

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

Molio — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:48:23 GMT

Hi Spaceface and thank you for sharing your experience!

Later on I will try to do as suggested even if I can't figure out why before I haven't got to do this to run the program.

I'm also experiencing same issues with the browser, the Motion Eye, Win Dvd (more or less) and I completely agree that the output volume from the speakers is too low!

Think we have to wait and see when these problems will be patched!

I'll let you know something as soon as I'm aware that some improvement is avaliable.

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

kee-lo_ — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:59:22 GMT

The low volume is mainly to do with rules which govern France, you're not allowed to have things blasting in public.

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

Resonate — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:27:02 GMT

France, you're not allowed to have things blasting in public.

So this is why my VISA was rejected

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

Spaceface — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:10:42 GMT

Huh ?
Well, in Belgium at least we're allowed to have things blasting in public as loud as possible.

My iPod earphones are louder than my Vaio's speakers !

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

jjclassen — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:45:33 GMT

Same problems here. (VGN-FE41M)
camera doesnt work right. (tip:try to open it as administrator, sometimes it works)
Flash player only works with Firefox, not with IE
annoyant popup "update myclub Vaio, connect to the internet" without funktion (cannot open myclub vaio)- What is it?
vaio recovery tool (burning recovery cd) doesnt work.

serched for help here on this board for hours, without results.
I am thinking about giving back the notebook (warranty)
I think it is not right to sell a notebook for 1200 EUR without testing the compatibilty of components with vista.

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

Thalamus. — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:17:49 GMT

Hi jjclassen

The camera problem has been reported to Sony and we are currently awaiting a fix..

For My Club vaio you should be able to stop My Club Vaio.exe from starting if you go to start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks..

Then dis enable the MCV entry..

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

jjclassen — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:52:37 GMT

Thankyou for your helping - for Problem Nr. 3 (my club vaio)

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

Thalamus. — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:34:16 GMT

You're welcome jjclassen..

What media are you using to burn your recovery disc's..?

Some CV members have success with TDK or Verbatim DVD+R

Re: Flash Player problem / VGN-FE41S with Vista general problems

julesdm — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:12:07 GMT

Hi Spaceface and thank you for sharing your experience!   

Later on I will try to do as suggested even if I can't figure out why before I haven't got to do this to run the program.  

I'm also experiencing same issues with the browser, the Motion Eye, Win Dvd (more or less) and I completely agree that the output volume from the speakers is too low!    

Think we have to wait and see when these problems will be patched!   

I'll let you know something as soon as I'm aware that some improvement is avaliable.

Like you guys, i moved from Dell over to vaio in february and since then i have had non stop issues with my VGN FE41S. Its a shame as it looks a great machine and reads well on paper.

It started with the resolution changing all the time.
Then the brightness
Then i tried to install some of the software that came with the computer eg Roxio, this has now caused my computer to Blue Screen on shut down and Roxio does not work
Then The My Club Vaio hangs when it loads up.
When you try to delete a selection of files, Vista hangs as it calculates the time it will take.
DivX used by alot of DVD providers is not compatible with Vista and causes Media Centre to crash as does VidX, cant find a codec that is compatible with MC and unlocks all movies.
Now my touch pad mouse does not work after downloading updates this weekend from Vaio.

One thing after another.......i like things to run smoothly so having a problem on my laptop really gets my back up, especially after having spent a shed load of money on a new machine!!!! The updates from MS and Vaio do solve problems, albeit slowly but this weekend it caused another problem.......Its a dark place and i want out.....J

Re: Flash Player problem

sonydigtv — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:25:46 GMT

I am on windows 8.1 and am told on a particular site I neeed Flash Player.

My new Vaio desktop tells me I already have it.

So how do I enable it?

Re: Flash Player problem

rich912 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:26:48 GMT

Hi sonydigtv,

Is this Adobe link of any help?

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/flash-player-issues-windows-8.html

Rich