Comments on: Sony Vaio function keys and Windows 7

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:31:00 +0000

worked perfectly on my sony vaio vgn-c2z/b. Thanks a lot! A couple of my devices were disabled in the device manager i noticed afterwards and i just enabled them again. Whether that was after this specifically i cant say.

By: helpcomputing

helpcomputing — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:33:33 +0000

Sweeeeet! The process worked for my TT21JN. But didn't activate my built-in card reader

The search goes on.

Just thought I'd say that the Sony website for the TT21JN has the DLL (drivers) listed separately. But Windows 7 had most of those down. Still, I downloaded those that seemed like I might need them, like the chipset drivers and the memory card reader drivers and installed them where I could. And followed Ben's order.

And now my front panel works!

Cheers Ben!

By: wecanhelp

wecanhelp — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:18:53 +0000

Whoa, and then it all starts to tumble into place!
SD card reader found here: http://www.downloadwindowsdrivers.info/pci/ven_1180/dev_0822/subsys_903f104d/
I used the latest driver there against an entry in Device Manager that began SD Host Controller.

Armed with that success I began to look for a driver for the Base System Device that I figured must be the Sony MS controller. The driver that worked was on this page:
http://www.downloadwindowsdrivers.info/pci/ven_1180/dev_0592
I used the latest driver there 6.03.00.0061.

So now my card reader is working! Hope this helps others.

Regards,

helpcomputing

By: Ben Gillam

Ben Gillam — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:35:25 +0000

Thanks for the tip hopefully it will come in useful for others

By: Zenlim22

Zenlim22 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:42:29 +0000

In your 'Start' menu click on 'Run' and type in services.msc
You'll see a long list called Services (Local), click on the name parameter to have them sorted alphabetically.
Find the one called VAIO Event Service. Double click this and ensure that for Startup Type it says 'automatic', if it does not, change it to 'automatic' and click 'apply'.
Then be sure below that, that the Service Status says 'Started'.

By: Zenlim22

Zenlim22 — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:38:00 +0000

In your ‘Start’ menu click on ‘Run’ and type in services.msc
You’ll see a long list called Services (Local), click on the name parameter to have them sorted alphabetically.
Find the one called VAIO Event Service. Double click this and ensure that for Startup Type it says ‘automatic’, if it does not, change it to ‘automatic’ and click ‘apply’.
Then be sure below that, that the Service Status says ‘Started’.

This should help, I had the same problem where I could not use my Fn key to adjust volume or brightness and this solution worked for me. Bonne Chance!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:00 +0000

Worked !! =) Sony Vaio VGN-NS20E

By: Ben Gillam

Ben Gillam — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:45:25 +0000

for me i uninstalled everything i could then started in the order posted above. what model of laptop do you have? Im surprised there are no windows 7 drivers yet, most of the reasonably modern laptops appeared to get upgrades of drivers.

As for fingerprint scanner, the link at the bottom with the upek software should help thats what i used, although i think the sense was actually found properly by windows itself.

Some of the drivers you might be able to get awat with using the inf file in the folder of the driver if the setup.exe doesnt work, but this can get tricky so tread carefully.

If you can let me know what model laptop you have i'll have a see what i can find out

By: Ben Gillam

Ben Gillam — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:38:00 +0000

Hi sorry for the slow response I have been busy.

If you install the mouse/touchpad driver you should get an app in control panel somewhere to configure the touchpad/joystick(nipple thing in keyboard) i found on my BX series that it was the joystick mouse that casused the jumps.

if that doesnt help you can disable tapping whilst typing in the mouse options.

Im sure i read about a little freeware app or script which got around the problem but I cant for the life of me remember whwre i found it, i’ll post if i do find it.

By: Narelle

Narelle — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:19:07 +0000

How (and what) do I uninstall in order to re-install in the correct order? (The problems are the function keys- volume and brightness, and the internal microphone and DVD hardware buttons, and fingerprint scanner. So far everything else seems ok.) I haven't been able to install some drivers or utilities (as in the list at step 5) because the 'wise installation' checks my system and refuses to install as it is windows 7 not vista.

By: Louis

Louis — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:25:47 +0000

Hey, i have a sony VGN-AR51M and i downloaded the driver and utilities from the link you specified for my laptop but either folder does not seem to have the sony dll utilities in it. I didnt think to check first and went ahead with steps 1 and 2 but now im stuck unless anyone here can help???

By: Ben Gillam

Ben Gillam — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:44:19 +0000

Thankyou for your feedback, glad you got it working. It's a shame Sony
won't just release a single download .exe that will configure the lot!

By: AcaCandy

AcaCandy — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:46:00 +0000

Yes, it is a shame. I do have one remaining issue, and I think I’ve seen it posted either here, or somewhere else, regarding the jumping of the placement of typing, while typing along, it will jump back to the beginning of a sentence. Once you put it back where you were, it will continue along.

This is a new happening with the driver installation(s). Or perhaps I’m missing another driver. This one I can live with, so, I’m hesitant to mess with it again, until I have to (Windows reinstall catastrophe, etc.)

By: AcaCandy

AcaCandy — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:18:54 +0000

Well, I finally got it working, by uninstalling the Sony stuff I had installed, then starting over, step by step, and rebooting each step.

By: Machine_Named_Steve

Machine_Named_Steve — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:53:54 +0000

This post was very helpful, but I was only able to get half of the function keys to work. I'm using an AR590ce, and this modle was not listed on the euro site, the closest thing they had was an AR58j (looks identical to the 590). Interestingly enough when I get to the list of utilities to install -> reboot, the is no SONY DLL Utils in the package from the euro site. The US site has SONY DLL Utils within a software pack that would install everything at once, which we all know doesn't work. Volume, and mute work fine, but I would really like to get the eject button to work again, any thoughts?

By: AcaCandy

AcaCandy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:17:45 +0000

I have a VGN-CR220E and cannot get my FN keys working, nor the volume. Volume works, but, volume meter is not shown.

On Sony's website they have what they say is Windows 7 driver for the function key, but, when installing it, error message indicates that it only works as a Vista upgrade…….. *sigh*

By: Derk

Derk — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:14:10 +0000

Your blog post is an example of why internet is so great.

My FZ21M is working like a charm now. Thank you very much

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:04:14 +0000

Works well with my sony SR-31M. thanks a bunch

By: Ben Gillam

Ben Gillam — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:16:17 +0000

I don't have Bluetooth on mine.

I assume your tried the vista drivers for Bluetooth from sonys website
already?

I have a vague recolection of some software called bluesoleil which
included a driver. Have a quick google for it and see if it helps.

By: naffygetter

naffygetter — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:27:02 +0000

I had tried for some time to sort out the function keys after changing to Win 7. This sorted it – thanks. Have you similar tips for sorting out a non-working Bluetooth?