AOWYN
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Reged: 28/12/2002
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I can't get any help from the wonderful CLUB VAIO so am seeking help here. I have "upgraded from a sony T2XP small laptop to TZ 21 which unfortunately comes only with VISTA. This combined wirth Office 2007 is such a disaster that I am seriously considering giving bup and finally going to APPLE.
Joking apart, this is a 5 year step back in time and performance.
Question, does anuybody know how to get rid of VISTA and install XP in a way which can be done by a normal humnan being, not some freaking 15 year-old techie?
All I want is a small, long battery life laptop for travelling and the T2 was pretty good, but this "upgrade" is a disaster.
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B175Chris
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Reged: 06/06/2006
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Loc: B'ham + Port Grimaud
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What's wrong?
I do a lot of stuff and use a lot of programs - was initially worried when i first got Vista on my new laptop this xmas, but I like it now...
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JECuk
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Reged: 22/01/2008
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Loc: Mid-Thames
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I have a TZ and it is fine. What is wrong with it?
Go to add/remove programs and get rid of the sony stuff if you can - that helps a lot.
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Vitalman
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Reged: 12/09/2005
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Loc: Me Cambridgeshire. Boat east c...
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Return it to the suppliers as not of merchantable quality and get them to provide a toshiba satellite pro with XP - Toshiba still provide this - I know that's just what we did.
I don't work for any IT company and can only recommend that which I have found to be excellent value over the last 15 years or so.
Good luck
Ken
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Love like you've never been hurt
Dance like nobody's watching
And keep growing older - not up!
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AOWYN
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Reged: 28/12/2002
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I just typed a long list of things that go wrong, one of them being that it decides to exit apps which I am using on its own. Which it did, which is why I lost the list while i was trying to correct the typos.
For now I will just say that it frequestly locks up, it takes about 5 minutes to come back from hibernation and I can type faster that the characters reach the screen in a WORD doc. AllI want is long battery life, light weight, small size so that I can fit it in my coat pocket and stope the [--word removed--] at Ryan from charging extra for it and avoid needing an extra laptop bag which the idiots in charge of security at British airports don't allow.
HELP, how do I get rid of VISTA, or, who wants to buy a three week old POS Sony are no help and as I bougfht it at DABS you can guess how much help I am going to get from them.
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davellis
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Reged: 17/02/2004
Posts: 164
Loc: Banff
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Don't joke, get a Mac....
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jimking
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Reged: 14/05/2004
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Loc: Hampshire
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Sounds to me more like a hardware problem then Vista. I have used Vista on a laptop without having your type of problems. Send it back for a replacement you should not have these type of issues. (I think Vista can be a convenient whipping boy at times, just like XP when it first came out).
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Jim King
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Skysail
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Reged: 21/01/2002
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I had some speed and freezing problems on a new Toshiba with Vista, even with 2 Mb. It came with Norton pre installed, when that was removed things improved greatly.
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mainmarine
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Reged: 30/12/2004
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Don't joke, get a Mac....
I agree, I have an old iBook, the battery lasts all day using it all the time, far simpler to use, only problem is Navigation software. I also have a Vaio 20 mins on battery if your lucky.
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thalassa
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Reged: 02/02/2003
Posts: 462
Loc: Belgium (yes, it does exist......
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A month ago, an old friend turned up at my door with one of these models, asking me to sort out some problems.
My wife loved the style, cuteness and ease of use of the machine.
However, I wasn't so smitten with it. As I recall, it had 1 Gb memory as standard. This has to run not only Vista Business, but a whole host of Vaio-special software, which runs in the background. The list of resident services running is endless.
Also small irritants like a separate tiny slider to activate/desactivate Wifi independently from the two software panels (one Vista, one Vaio ). Keeping the connection alive and running was a PITA.
Pereformance was poor-not for small work like surfing, Excel or Word, but with both or more programs open at the same time, it dropped off significantly.
Main reason is the lack of memory. One option is not installing/disinstalling some Vaio programs (like the one you can start up a DVD without starting up Vista), but you lose a lot of media functions, as well as the use of software you paid (a lot) for...
The other route is adding memory. However the machine has only one slot. So you dump the existing 1 Gb chip for a 2 Gb one. In my friends case, the dealer gave him a small refund, but the exhcange cost him 1/4 of the complete unit!
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