restoring hotkeys on sony laptop

[mrdinh]

I completely removed the original sony os and put in my own winXp software. Now I cannot use my hotkeys ie. volume controls, brightness of the screen. ie. (Fn+F4 or Fn
+ F5)...anyone know how to get the hot keys to work again?

thanks

[STaylor]

I ran into a similar situation with a HP desktop that I was working on for my mom ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ it had a proprietary keyboard with shortcuts ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ and when I installed a non branded copy of XP ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ it did not recognize the hotkeys ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦. I was lucky and found just the software/driver on the HP site and that did the trick ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦.

if you haven’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚t already done so see if Sony has keyboard software/driver that you can download for their laptops

[mrdinh]

nope...sony doesn't haven't software to restore the keys...they recommended to get the software from windows...really?...man, i might be stuck....

help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[STaylor]

what exact series and model notebook do you have ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ the sony site has some info .. look for

’‚’‚…‚’‚¹¦‚“Utility Sony Utilities Library’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚

"It is necessary to update certain drivers on your computer, as the Microsoft Windows XP Operating System does not automatically ship many of the Sony VAIO’…’‚‚® drivers. Use the following steps to update necessary drivers"

http://esupport.sony.com/support/pop...g/xpclean.html

[mrdinh]

my notebook is the pcg-grz660... i cannot find that file HKServ.exe ...this suppose to have the hotkeys drivers in them

i cannot find the utility library...

any can email them to me?

[STaylor]

Did you see this one - Not sure if this is what you need I do see a reference to the keyboard in the description ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦. might be worth looking at if you have not already done so


’‚’‚…‚’‚¹¦‚“Sony Notebook Control’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚ SONY’…’‚‚® Notebook Control Device Driver Utility - Installs essential system components.

A notebook controller manages the transfer of data between the computer and attached devices such as a display, keyboard, disk drive, etc


http://esupport.sony.com/perl/swu-li...&mdl=PCGGRZ660

it's 4th from the bottom of the list

BTW there is also a touch pad enhancement listed

[mrdinh]

hey that might work...let me try it

thanks!

[mrdinh]

man...it didn't work...

damn!!!

[STaylor]

that’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚s to bad ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ the sony site navigation for help ’‚’‚…‚’‚‚¦ is a little odd imho

[guyverp]

For the newer notebook, sony has rename hotkey as event service.

What do you need is
(1) go to sony's web site. esupport.sony.com
(2) choose your model
(3) go to driver download
(4) get Sony@ Notebook Utilities
Under it, there is a note states as following...
======================
This utility installs the originally shipped version of the following Sony’*‚„’‚‚‚¦‚’…’‚‚® Notebook Utilities:

* Sony Utilities DLL
* Sony Setting Utility Series
* Battery Check Utility
* VAIO’*‚„’‚‚‚¦‚’…’‚‚® Event Services

This installation program enables Hotkeys, and Battery Check functionality.
======================

After installation, you should see a MS-DOS windows saying "sony event services manager is starting"

Then your hot key should work. Here is the article I found from sony

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Model: VGNFS730W
(Change Model)
eSupport Knowledge Base
Knowledge Article C383968

How to enable the special buttons or function keys on the keyboard in the Microsoft’*‚„’‚‚¯’…’‚‚¿’…’‚‚½ Windows’*‚„’‚‚¯’…’‚‚¿’…’‚‚½ XP operating system.

Follow this procedure to enable the special buttons, function keys or Hot keys on the computer or keyboard in the Microsoft’*‚„’‚‚¯’…’‚‚¿’…’‚‚½ Windows’*‚„’‚‚¯’…’‚‚¿’…’‚‚½ XP operating system.

IMPORTANT: On AMD’*‚„’‚‚¯’…’‚‚¿’…’‚‚½ or Transmeta’*‚„’‚‚¯’…’‚‚¿’…’‚‚½ processor-based computers, the function keys are hardware controlled and not controlled by a hot-key utility.
NOTES:

* Third-party keyboard or mouse software may affect the performance of the function or hot keys.
* The volume button and brightness key on some computers will not work if the VAIO Event Services Manager application is not running.
* The Magnify button and the Fn keys will not function properly before the operating system has finished starting.
* The setting may not be saved if the ESC key is used to close the Fn display. Press the ENTER key or allow the Fn display to close automatically to save the setting.

1. Click the Start button, then click Run.
2. In the Run window, next to Open, type MSCONFIG.
3. Press the ENTER key.
4. In the System Configuration Utility window, click the Services tab.
5. On the Service tab, under Service, ensure that there is a check in the VAIO Event Services Manager checkbox.

NOTES:
* If VAIO Event Services Manager is missing, reinstall the VAIO Event Service application and the Sony Utilities DLL.
* When reinstalling the VAIO Event Services Manager you may have the option to repair.
* If the VAIO Event Services Manager is checked, ensure the service is set to start automatically.
6. Click the OK button.
7. In the System Configuration box, click the restart button.

Created: Tue Feb 15 10:45 2005 | Last Modified: Wed Dec 28 19:19 2005
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