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
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	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..

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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 Guest 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 !
My System Specs

01-02-2008	#3 (permalink)
bigbill Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 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.
My System Specs

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