Owner's Guide VAIO notebook
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Welcome
- Using Your VAIO Notebook
- Using the Keyboard
- Using the Touchpad
- VAIO Action Setup
- Using the Center Jog Dial Control
- Using the Optical Disc Drive
- Using PC Cards
- Using Memory Stick Media
- Using a Second Battery Pack
- Using the Weight Saver
- Using Power Saving Modes
- Connecting a Phone Line
- Connecting to a Local Area Network
- Connecting to a Wireless LAN
- Connecting Peripheral Devices
- Connecting an External Floppy Disk Drive
- Connecting a Port Replicator
- Connecting a PS/2 External Mouse or Keyboard
- Connecting an Audio Device
- Connecting an Audio-Video Device
- Connecting a Parallel Port Printer
- Connecting a USB Printer
- Connecting an External Display
- Connecting a Universal Serial Bus Device
- Connecting an i.LINK Device
- Connecting with another VAIO computer
- Connecting External Speakers
- Connecting an External Microphone
- Expanding Your Notebook Capabilities
- Customizing Your VAIO Notebook
- Adding Memory
- About the Software on Your Notebook
- Using the Recovery CDs
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Your Notebook
- My notebook does not start.
- My notebook starts but a BIOS error appears.
- My notebook starts, but the message “Operating system not found” appears and Windows does not start.
- My notebook stops responding or does not shut down.
- The power management setting is not responding.
- The sound of my notebook’s fan is too loud.
- Why does the System Properties dialog box display a slower CPU speed than advertised?
- Troubleshooting the LCD Screen
- Troubleshooting the Mouse and Touchpad
- Troubleshooting Drives, PC Cards, and Peripheral Devices
- I cannot establish a connection between two VAIO® computers when using an i.LINK cable.
- My floppy disk drive (optional) cannot write to a floppy disk.
- My optical disc drive is not playing my CD or DVD properly.
- My optical drive tray does not open.
- I cannot use Digital Video (DV) devices. The message “DV equipment seems to be disconnected or tu...
- My PC Card is not working.
- Troubleshooting Software
- My software program stops responding or crashes.
- When I click an application icon, the message “You must insert the application CD into your optic...
- What software do I use for CD-R/CD-RW software functions?
- Why is my computer operating improperly after downloading the CD-burning feature of RealJukebox® ...
- I cannot use the DVgate™ software.
- Troubleshooting the Modem
- Troubleshooting Audio
- Troubleshooting the Printer
- Troubleshooting Wireless LAN
- Troubleshooting Your Notebook
- Getting Help
- Index

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Using the Multilingual User Interface Language
Option
(Windows® XP Pro only) Aft er you have initially setup your new VAIO
computer, you have the ability to change the language displayed in Microsoft®
Windows® XP Professional operating system. The multilingual user interface
(MUI) language option changes the t ext controlled by W indows XP Professional
operating system. Menus, help files, and icons generated by Windows XP
Professional are shown in your selected l anguage. All other software applicati ons
are displayed in Engli sh as the default languag e.
To Change the Language Option
1 Click Start in the Windows taskb ar, then click Control Panel .
2 Click “Date, Time, Language and Regional Options”, then click Regional
and Language Options. The Regional and Languag e Options dialog box
appears.
3 Select the Languages tab.
4 From the “Language used in men us and dialogs” drop-down menu, select the
desired language:
❑ English
❑ francais
❑ Português
❑ español
5 Click Apply, then click OK.
6 The Change Regional dialog box appears. Click OK.
7 Click Start in the W indows taskbar , then click Logoff. Restart your computer
for the settings to take effect.
✍ The multilingual user interface language option is not designed to replace a localized
version of the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system. Under certain
conditions, some third-party software applications may not function properly.
✍ Additional users can also change to their desired language(s) without effecting your
existing language settings.










