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VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:07:48 GMT

I hope somebody will be able to help me on this, as e-support is not working at all.

I bought a couple of weeks ago a S2XP, and overall I am very happy with it.

In the last week, my "VAIO Power Management" tab placed in the "Power Option Properties" dissapeared. "VAIO Power Management Viewer" refuse to work because "VAIO Power Management" is not activated. It looks like this feature have been uninstalled in any way from the PC.

It's weird as I did not perform any uninstallation of any software. Do you know any way of fixing/reinstalling it? I didn't try with the "VAIO Recovery Tool" as I do not want to loose my data in C:

Many thanks for your help.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

Akanksha — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:49:58 GMT

system restore
start->all programs->accessories->system tools->system restore

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 10:58:55 GMT

Thanks for the reply but system restore is not an option as I could loose some of my recent work/installations/settings, and I have had a hard job in the past week configuring the laptop in the way I want it.

Any other suggestions?

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

jammold — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:03:53 GMT

OK, try visiting VAIO-Link and downloading firstly Sony Shared Libraries then downloading and installing Sony Utilities which should cure the problem.

You can find these utilities locally as well, in C:\DRIVERS - look for UTILS.EXE and run it.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:05:04 GMT

Thanks again but I already tried to reinstall the "Sony Utilities". Tried again, no luck. Maybe the missing part is the "Sony Shared Libraries", I've heard about it in other forums, but I couldn't find them in Vaio-Link, C:\Drivers folder, system restore DVDs, etc. so I cannot reinstall it.

Does anybody know where to obtain those "Sony Shared Libraries" for a Vaio S Series Laptop?

I'm starting to be desperate I always use the laptop with batteries, and they're drained quickly because I cannot adjust power management settings. Any idea will be appreciated.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

jammold — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:13:55 GMT

See http://www.vaio-link.com/downloads/select/select.asp?l=en&m=1736
for details.

Try installing the Original Utilities Package first, this is labelled as an "All-In-One" installer so it should include the VAIO Power Management software.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:39:14 GMT

Do you have Sony Notebook Setup installed?

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:34:12 GMT

See http://www.vaio-link.com/downloads/select/select.asp?l=en&m=1736
for details.

Try installing the Original Utilities Package first, this is labelled as an "All-In-One" installer so it should include the VAIO Power Management software.

Yes, that's what I previously downloaded from that page & installed it with no luck. It's really weird

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:43:18 GMT

Do you have Sony Notebook Setup installed?

Yes, installed and working well. Everything seems to work properly with no missed stuff. It's just the "VAIO Power Management" tab in the "Power Options Properties" what appears to be missing. The problem should be in the driver or control panel component that implements it (I guess)

I really appreciate your help, you've been very kind I will keep trying to find information on this issue.

If you have any other ideas, please let me know.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:59:19 GMT

I've just found a reference to a process in the windows registry that points to:

C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMPanel.dll

I guess from its name that this DLL should have the libraries for the sony power management panel that is missing. This file don't appear in my hard disk :smileyconfused:. This must be causing the problem. But... what piece of sony software/driver update contains it? I tried to reinstall every single one that I found. Arrrgggh!

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:20:15 GMT

It's confirmed. I have several missed files regarding the Sony Power Management (althought the windows registry still points to them). The only power management files that I currently have installed are for the Power Management viewer.

Missed files (at least this ones, maybe others):

C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMPanel.dll
C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMDAM.dll
C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\VSyncGUI.chm

As the e-support don't work, do you know any support email to ask which package/utility contain these files?

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:44:05 GMT

The best thing to do is call I'm afraid.
I would suspect they're in one of the PAC files, google is your friend, we're not allowed to give out the full info.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:27:54 GMT

The best thing to do is call I'm afraid.
I would suspect they're in one of the PAC files, google is your friend, we're not allowed to give out the full info.

Thanks, I will call, as I think is the only solution BTW, I tried as well to search in the PAC files. Nothing.

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:09:30 GMT

Strange

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:24:43 GMT

Yes, it's really strange.

I just called Vaio Support, and the only solution that they could offer me is to recover the whole C: partition. As this is not an option for me, could any of you with a S2XP (or S1XP/S2VP...) please zip your whole "vaio power management" folder and send it to me? Maybe replacing the missed files will do the job, as the registry settings are intact.

The folder should be located in:

C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\

The files that are missing are (at least):

C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMPanel.dll
C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\SPMDAM.dll
C:\Program Files\sony\vaio power management\VSyncGUI.chm

(but I would prefer to have all the files as I am unsure if those are the only ones)

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

jammold — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:36:18 GMT

I am not sure if Sony would allow forum members to distribute their software, good intentions or not - I may be wrong but I think Sony would frown on this...

Would it not be better to backup your computer first, then do a full recovery?

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:38:11 GMT

I don't know James..... that's up to the individual who does it. Really I can't see a problem as he owns the software anyway

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

jammold — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:22:55 GMT

Aye, and I didnt see anything in the announcements area either so I guess its OK... The software is licenced and its not piracy after all...:smileywink: :smileygrin:

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Dec 2004 19:24:29 GMT

Then again I bet Sony don't have this outlook, they probably see this as DLL piracy

Re: VAIO Power Management issue in S2XP

mig_vaio — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 13:27:44 GMT

I am not sure if Sony would allow forum members to distribute their software, good intentions or not - I may be wrong but I think Sony would frown on this...

Would it not be better to backup your computer first, then do a full recovery?

Well, I thought this can not be considered piracy as I own a license of the software :smileytongue:. Just in case, I will not ask for it in this forum again. As Kee-Lo said, google is my friend

Full recovery is not an option at the moment. I don't have free time at all for reinstalling & reconfiguring my PC, in my case it takes a long time.

If only the Vaio staff could send me the installation files for it... this is the problem with the automatisms like Vaio Recovery software: when a non-standard problem arise (and there are lots of these problems) it's a useless <profanity removed by moderator> xD I would prefer to have all the soft & drivers in the tradicional way. With no doubt.