Vista - Vista pre-installed generic drivers

01-01-2008

Hello,

New to Vista and 'am doing a clean install of Vista Business on my Sony
Vaio laptop.
In watching another install I see that Vista automaically installs
'generic' drivers for video,network ect.
I have the Sony Vista drivers for my laptop also and wondered if I need to
replace the 'generic' drivers with these.
Lastly, is the inclusion of these drivers a new feature with Vista ? I'm
used to XP and never noticed that it auto installs device drivers with the
installation or that it specifically updates device drivers like Vista.

Thanks for any comments !

01-01-2008

"mothman" <mothman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9D09EF80-5988-48C5-8FFF-BF2D4BC1A00A@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Hello,
>
> New to Vista and 'am doing a clean install of Vista Business on my Sony
> Vaio laptop.
> In watching another install I see that Vista automaically installs
> 'generic' drivers for video,network ect.
> I have the Sony Vista drivers for my laptop also and wondered if I need to
> replace the 'generic' drivers with these.
> Lastly, is the inclusion of these drivers a new feature with Vista ? I'm
> used to XP and never noticed that it auto installs device drivers with the
> installation or that it specifically updates device drivers like Vista.
>
> Thanks for any comments !

Go to the Sony website and download the latest drivers directly from there..

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

bigbill · 01-02-2008

Or you can drop by a SonyStyle store in your area and they should be able to help you install them.

01-01-2008	#1 (permalink)
mothman n/a posts	Vista pre-installed generic drivers Hello, New to Vista and 'am doing a clean install of Vista Business on my Sony Vaio laptop. In watching another install I see that Vista automaically installs 'generic' drivers for video,network ect. I have the Sony Vista drivers for my laptop also and wondered if I need to replace the 'generic' drivers with these. Lastly, is the inclusion of these drivers a new feature with Vista ? I'm used to XP and never noticed that it auto installs device drivers with the installation or that it specifically updates device drivers like Vista. Thanks for any comments !
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01-01-2008	#2 (permalink)
Mike Hall - MVP n/a posts	Re: Vista pre-installed generic drivers "mothman" <mothman@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9D09EF80-5988-48C5-8FFF-BF2D4BC1A00A@xxxxxx Quote: > Hello, > > New to Vista and 'am doing a clean install of Vista Business on my Sony > Vaio laptop. > In watching another install I see that Vista automaically installs > 'generic' drivers for video,network ect. > I have the Sony Vista drivers for my laptop also and wondered if I need to > replace the 'generic' drivers with these. > Lastly, is the inclusion of these drivers a new feature with Vista ? I'm > used to XP and never noticed that it auto installs device drivers with the > installation or that it specifically updates device drivers like Vista. > > Thanks for any comments ! Go to the Sony website and download the latest drivers directly from there.. -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
My System Specs

01-02-2008	#3 (permalink)
bigbill vista business 3 posts	Re: Vista pre-installed generic drivers Or you can drop by a SonyStyle store in your area and they should be able to help you install them.
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