Just received Vista Upgrade - Thoughts Please

[Leetay]

Hi All

Just received my Vista Upgrade after 4 months, not bad for Sony Eh!!!!
However, afer reading hundreds of posts from here and other sites i'm a bit reluctant to install it due to the problems I may inherit??

Has anyone else installed the upgrade 'Pain Free'?????

I have a AR21M by the way, which is running sweet at the moment.

I also run Acronis Backup, so at a pinch could restore to present time if required!

Comments appreciated, although i'm sure this has been covered to death -'Sorry'!

Cheers

Lee

[Thalamus.]

Hi Leetay,

I have found this post that may be of interest, I think there are others in the forum though..

[clivus]

Hi Leetay.
I too have an AR21M, I gave up waiting for my free upgrade to Vista so went out and bought it from a retailer, my initial problems were loss of sound which i soon rectified and like just about everyone else I also lost and still don't have the webcam. Other than that everything works perfectly including all the buttons, and yes I'm glad I made the upgrade, I'd go for it if I were you unless the loss of the webcam is important to you.

[Leetay]

Hi

Yes, may give it a go, like i say, can always go back to original.
Do all the programmes you have installed/data/passwords etc etc stay intact on the upgrade, or does it all get formatted in the process??

Cheers

[clivus]

Hi again Leetay. Going by memory, you will first most definitely have to uninstall the Alps Blue tooth setup, and Nortons Ghost else upgrade comes to a halt, i also uninstalled the complete Norton setup as it also proved troublesome. other than that the upgrade went smoothly and all went well and I didn't notice any loss of passwords, personal data etc. When i found i had lost the sound it was suggested on this forum that i uninstall the drivers for the sound, reboot and then reinstall them and reboot and it all worked perfectly.

[Thalamus.]

Hi Leetay,

I thought that it mentioned in the installation instructions that Sony only supports a clean install using the Express Upgrade discs...

I've read that the Vista express upgrade pack should include an installation manual, and three CDs, Windows Vista, Drivers, and an Applications Disc..

[Leetay]

Yes it does, i'll have to read up on it, if it is only a clean install, they'll be filed in the bin!!! as there is no way I am re-installing all the programmes etc that i have on the machine currently, this will take forever!

I'll have a look!

[Leetay]

|Yes you are correct Thalamus, its ONLY a 'Clean Install' oh well, the bin awaits!!!

All that waiting for nowt really, will have to go out and get a retail upgrade version if i want to keep my 3rd party software I suppose.

Or could just wait until i upgrade my laptop next year.

[kee-lo_]

I think they do that so you have fewer problems installing it.