Sony Compatibility with Ultimate

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I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
have any thoughts on this?
 
How old is your Sony/what model and in particular what graphics card
does it have?

I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
compatible with Ultimate. I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
largest suppliers of computers. I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
have any thoughts on this?
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows XP
already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd hard
drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so far
but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere in
this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.
 
Aero requirements:

Check that your computer meets the minimum hardware requirements for running
Aero:

1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

Aero also requires a DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports a Windows
Display Driver Model Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per
pixel.

For best results, you might also want to follow these graphics processor
recommendations:

64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution that is
less than 1,310,720 pixels (for example, a 17-inch flat panel LCD monitor that
has a 1280 × 1024 resolution)

128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution from
1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 21.1-inch flat panel LCD monitor
that has up to a 1600 × 1200 resolution)

256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution greater
than 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 30-inch wide-screen flat panel LCD monitor
that has up to a 2560 × 1600 resolution)
 
the 5200 should be ok, but you need a gig of memory on the computer.
if you upgrade the 512 to 1gb, it will most likely work.

I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132. I bought it about 2 years ago with Windows XP
already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed Vista on the 2nd hard
drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista. It works great so far
but I was surprised by Sony's comment. The graphics card is an NVIDIA
GeForce FX5200. That may be what I need to upgrade but someone elsewhere in
this forum mentioned that you can get Aero to work with 512mb of RAM.
Click to expand...
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of memory.
I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!
 
what version Nvidia video driver are you using?

Thanks for all of the help guys! BTW, my computer does have 1gb of memory.
I mentioned before that I saw somewhere in these forums that someone said
they got it to work with 512mb. If my graphics card supports Aero as Barb
Bowman mentioned, what else could be the problem? Thanks again!
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
I have spent some time with Microsoft trying to resolve this issue. It took
forever but finally my call was upgraded to Windows Vista Research. It turns
out that Microsoft has all kinds of Vista drivers for different hardware. We
managed to get Aero to work by deleting the NVidia driver from my device
list. After that, we opted to search for new device drivers which goes out
to Microsoft's web site and downloads it to your PC. After this, it worked.
They recommended "not" using the one from NVidia.
 
I'm glad you got this to work (this is why I asked which driver you
were using). Nvidia video drivers seem quite temperamental.

I have spent some time with Microsoft trying to resolve this issue. It took
forever but finally my call was upgraded to Windows Vista Research. It turns
out that Microsoft has all kinds of Vista drivers for different hardware. We
managed to get Aero to work by deleting the NVidia driver from my device
list. After that, we opted to search for new device drivers which goes out
to Microsoft's web site and downloads it to your PC. After this, it worked.
They recommended "not" using the one from NVidia.
Click to expand...
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
I have spent some time with Microsoft trying to resolve this issue. It
took
forever but finally my call was upgraded to Windows Vista Research. It
turns
out that Microsoft has all kinds of Vista drivers for different hardware.
We
managed to get Aero to work by deleting the NVidia driver from my device
list. After that, we opted to search for new device drivers which goes
out
to Microsoft's web site and downloads it to your PC. After this, it
worked.
They recommended "not" using the one from NVidia.
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Are you sure it wasn't an nVidia driver, but just a different version. What
shows in Device Manager for Driver provider the driver for the video card,
and what is the name of the driver file(s)? Hardware drivers are provided
by the device manufacturer, even the ones MS has.
 
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