Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Sony Vaio for christmas

What can I do if I cant remember my start up password on a Sony Vaio?
I Bought my wife a Sony Vaio for christmas, she just returned from the Philippines, and we powered it up, and I cant remember the password I made... Even the hint doesnt ring bells for either of us.
Desktops - 6 Answers
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The best way is to reformat your o/s Else click on the link to see if the solutions help.
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Take it to the nearest computer service centre, they can fix this and make a new password for your PC
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Assuming this is a password for your windows login, the easiest way to attempt removal is to restart in safemode (pressing F8 after the VAIO logo vanishes until safemode appears in a list of options). Hopefully, once your login screen appears there will be an Administrator account available without a password. (This feature varies from system to system unfortunitly). This Administrator account has FULL access to change anything on your computer including user passwords. Once logged in, go to Start>Control Panel>Users. Here should be a link to change or modify an existing account, select yours and click Change Password. There should be a button allowing you to simply delete the password or change it to something you can remember. Reboot normally and login! If this feature is not available there are other more advanced ways to remove the password from the regestry... but it can be very tricky and dangerous. Per the prev answer, google search it and see what you can find. Otherwise, you can certainly bring it to your local Geek Squad and they can remove the password for you. Prices change from store to store, ranging anywhere from on the house to $15-29.99 and usually only takes about 5 minutes.
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download a password breaker software....i did this a lot of time ........coz i forget my own password...........
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when u turn on the computer keep pressing F8 till a screen shows up with black n white select (Safe Mode) written alone not with networking then when u reach the windows in safe mode u will be able to access the PC without a password then go change the password or remove it the windows will not ask u about the old one :)
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try loginrecovery.com you can download a floppy maker or a disc image to collect the password hashes and then have them decrypt them and tell you the passwords 2 computers needed

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Are Itunes files transferable from a Sony Vaio laptop to a Mac?

Are Itunes files transferable from a Sony Vaio laptop to a Mac?
I use Itunes for everything from music to movies to tvshows... Right now I have a Sony Vaio laptop, but I am planning on buying a Mac. Is it possible to transfer my library and everything from my Vaio laptop to my Mac? All of my files were bought from the Itunes store, if that makes any difference...
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Yes, just make sure you transfer everything over BEFORE you connect your Ipod.
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http://www.apple.com/getamac/movetomac/

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Does anyone know how to reset a sony vaio laptop?

Does anyone know how to reset a sony vaio laptop?
I have a sony vaio laptop that's about 4 yrs old. I want to wipe it out back to factory setting . Does anyone know how to reset it or how to get to the page with the option to reset it?
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1: Backup all your files to cd/dvd. This is a bit harder than a external drive, but once burnt the malware can't hop around like it can on re-writable media. 2: Consult your PC vendor site how to do a "factory restore". Old machines used a disk, new ones have a encrypted locked partition on the drive someplace usually called "Recovery" 3: Note that your going to lose everything, that's the object. And get the machine like it was when you bought it. The anti-virus is going to be old, programs on it are vulnerable and so forth. These all your going to have to remove, along with the PC vendor bloat, games and other garbage. In your Add/Remove Programs. Enable your Windows Firewall. 4: Now get online with a wired Ethernet connection to a fast Internet service at home, because (Vista over 200 updates, 2 days) and Windows 7 (SP1 + Win Live, a few hours) is going to take some time. You need power and you need to set the /screensaver monitor NOT to activate/sleep or else you going to miss stuff and be stuck waiting. Install free Microsoft Security Essentials when you get the chance and activate it. Watch out when doing Win 7 SP1, if it seems to stop, there is a Windows Live window behind the update window that needs to be "ok-ed" before it continues. Vista updates are going to be especially painful, just rinse, reboot and repeat over and over until you get them all and there is nothing more it will give. You must keep clicking the "check for updates" because it will lie to you and say no more when there are many, many more. :) 5: Once the updating pain is over, you need to do a Windows Disk Cleanup and a Defrag. This can take hours. Will make Vista faster. 6: Next you head to Performance > Advanced Setting and tone down Windows eye candy. Set to custom and delete everything but four options, the thumbnails, font and box smoothing and the last one. (or Windows will look like basic XP) 7: Make sure you do a System Restore Point of this "pristine" and very fast Windows. If you have the ability to make System Restore Disks and Images to DVD's DO IT!! Save yourself having to do this again one day. 8: Optional and recommended programs: Flash, Java, FoxItReader (pdf), Firefox 4 (fastest and the best) VLC, LibreOffice. CCleaner. Recommended sites: Qualy's Browser Check/ Mozilla Browser Check. 9: If your computer is still slow, check the RAM. Vista needs about 2GB. So add more from Crucial.com to make sure you get the right specs for your computer. 10: Do a malware scan of the external drive/cd/dvd's before transferring files, download new versions of programs from fresh sources. Use a Mac or Linux machine to scan for malware if all possible as they are much safer operating systems by default.
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use the system recovery or recovery counsel----------- not system restore it is in your start menu or google your model # system recovery it is there . why didn't you read the user guide to your pc ? please next time tell use if your on vista,win 7 or xp. our answer will be better for you
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We can restore the notebook to factory settings using Recovery Centre in Sony VAIO notebook. Visit the below link for more information: http://notebook-solutions.blogspot.com/2009/06/performing-system-recovery-in-vista.html

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Sony vaio desktop

How much would I get for a sony vaio desktop?
I got a sony vaio desktop back in Oct 2008 and I have hardly used it for anything...the only thing I used on it was photoshop and norton anti virus. I was wondering how much I could probally get for it at a pawn shop.
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If it really is as good as new, take the price you bought it for and multiply that by 0.75

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