Driver sony vaio e series bluetooth Windows 8 downloads - Free Download Windows 8 driver sony vaio e series bluetooth - Windows 8 Downloads - Free Windows8 Download. Download and Update Sony VAIO Laptops Drivers for your Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Windows 10. Here you can download Sony VAIO Laptops Drivers free and easy, just update your drivers now. Update 3/5/2015: See our related post: Windows 8.1 and the ASMedia USB 3.1 XHCI 1.1 Host Controller Important Notice: As of Windows 8.1, we don’t recommend replacing the in-box Windows USB 3.0 stack with the Intel Windows 7 stack, as described in this post.
Update 3/5/2015: See our related post: Windows 8.1 and the ASMedia USB 3.1 XHCI 1.1 Host Controller
Important Notice: As of Windows 8.1, we don’t recommend replacing the in-box Windows USB 3.0 stack with the Intel Windows 7 stack, as described in this post. This post is being kept for historical background, but we recommend working with your computer manufacturer and/or Microsoft on any remaining issues with the built-in Windows 8.1 USB 3.0 stack. Feel free to also comment below if problems remain but Plugable cannot offer technical support or take any responsibility for any issues this process may cause to your computer. Continue at your own risk.
One of the new features of Windows 8 is the built in XHCI host controller software and USB stack. While this brings some benefits like UASP support, there are some devices that currently don’t work with the Microsoft stack on the Intel USB 3.0 host controller. This can be fixed by forcing Windows to use the Intel USB 3.0 host controller drivers instead of the built in stack.
*NOTE* These instructions are only for machines with an Intel eXtensible Host Controller. Look for the Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller under Universal Serial Bus controllers in Device Manager.
First, download the latest driver package from Intel. It’s currently at version 1.0.6.245 and can be downloaded from the following link:
Intel(R)_USB_3.0_eXtensible_Host_Controller_Driver rev. 1.0.6.245
Once the download has finished, extract the .zip file to a known location.
Now download these two .inf files which have been modified to allow the Intel driver to install on Windows 8:
iusb3hub.infiusb3xhc.inf
We are going to replace the existing versions of these two files with the ones we just downloaded. Place the files in the following directory of the unzipped driver package and click yes when Windows warns that we are over writing a file with the same name:
Intel(R)_USB_3.0_eXtensible_Host_Controller_DriverDriversWin7x64
This will update these two infs with the modified versions that will allow the Intel driver to install on Windows 8 when the Host Controller and USB hub drivers are updated.
To install the Intel drivers in place of the in box XHCI stack, we’ll have to temporarily disable Driver Signing Enforcement. To do this press the Windows key + R and in the run box type:
shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
Now make the following selections to boot into the Start Up Setting Screen
Troubleshoot — Advanced options — Start Up Settings — Restart
Then, when the machine restarts, select “Disable driver signature enforcement”. Your machine will start with Driver signing enforcement disabled until the next reboot.
When the machine restarts, open Device Manager (win + r, devmgmt.msc). Double click on the entry for the Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller and select the Drivers tab. You should see that the driver provider is Microsoft.
Now click “Update Driver” and then select “Browse my computer for driver software”.
Next choose “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”.
Next, select “Have Disk”.
In the Window that pops up titled “Install From Disk” choose “Browse” and navigate to the location where we replace the original infs with the two modified .inf files we downloaded earlier. Select iusb3xhc.inf and click ok.
Windows will warn that the driver is not signed and will require you to confirm the installation.
Once the installation is complete, reboot the machine following the same procedure as above:
shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
Now make the following selections to boot into the Start Up Setting Screen
Troubleshoot — Advanced options — Start Up Settings — Restart
When the machine starts, select “Disable driver signature enforcement”. Your machine will start with Driver signing enforcement disabled until the next reboot. Once logged in, open Device Manager (win + r “devmgmt.msc”) and locate the entry under Other devices for an Unknown device, to find the correct one, double click on the entry for the unknown device view the details tab. Make sure it has the VID_8086.
Once you have located the correct device right click on it and choose “Update Driver” Choose “Browse my computer”, Windows will ask you to identify the type of device, scroll down and select “Universal Serial Bus Devices”.
Click next, choose “Have Disk”, “Browse” and select the modified iusb3hub.inf that we placed in the Intel(R)_USB_3.0_eXtensible_Host_Controller_DriverDriversWin7x64 folder earlier and click ok.
Again, Windows will warn about driver signing, when the install is finished, reboot your machine.
When it restarts look at the driver tab for the Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller and the Intel(R) USB 3.0 Root Hub to confirm that you are now running the Intel drivers.
To return to the built in Microsoft USB 3.0 driver stack, use the uninstall drivers button from the driver tab in device manager. When it’s finished, select the Action menu of Device Manager and “scan for hardware changes” Windows should find the Intel USB 3.0 host controller and re-install it using the built in Microsoft XHCI stack.
Thanks to Ekko for his original work on this. Please comment below if you have any corrections or refinements. We’d also love to have comments mentioning the problems you were having, and whether the Intel stack solved them for you. Thanks!
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Sony VAIO laptops—mostly powered by Phoenix BIOS—suffer from a design flaw: Display panel brightness, monitor switching, audio volume controls, and muting do not work in the event of a specific Sony software misconfiguration. Once Windows 7 is installed, volume controls and muting function keys will start to function, because Sony designers have used “PS/2 Scan Codes for Enhanced Keyboard Features” and Windows multimedia interface recognizes the following multimedia keyboard (hexadecimal) scan codes:
- E0 20: Audio Muting Toggle—On/Off Control (OOC)
- E0 2E: Audio Volume Decrement—Re-Trigger Control (RTC)
- E0 30: Audio Volume Increment—Re-Trigger Control (RTC)
It’s reported by Sony VAIO users suffering from the function keys problem that you can benefit from Windows 7’s own Win+P keyboard strokes combination to toggle your screen output between Computer Only, Duplicate, Extend, or Projector Only modes—P is short for projector. Getting rid of them, brightness still remains uncontrollable, unless the graphics accelerator driver software (e.g., Nvidia Control Panel) can handle such feature.
Electronically speaking, volume, brightness, and projector-switching controls should interact with the built-in internal amp, the LCD’s LED-backlight/fluorescent tube, and the GPU respectively, but they don’t; they’re just a bunch of crude keys…
Dell laughs at the Japanese because such vital functions should be implemented at the BIOS-level, and with the elimination of high-level software dependency, the LCD screen brightness of a Dell laptop (e.g., my Dell XPS M1330) can be changed using Fn+Up/Fn+Down arrow keys in its BIOS, during POST, while starting Windows, once Windows has completed its cumbersome startup, or in whatever OS you’re operating, regardless of driver-dependency. Not acting as a driver and not necessitated to install, Dell QuickSet software only enables users to see an OSD of what they’re changing.
Solution
“It’s a Sony” though, so what should a typical VAIO owner do if they’ve upgraded to Windows 7? You need to download the following drivers and utilities for your VAIO’s specific model from Sony VAIO Support website, and using run as administrator install them exactly in the order specified:
- Sony Firmware Extension Parser Device Driver (SODOTH)
- Sony Shared Library (SOASSL)
- Setting Utility Series (SOASUS)
- VAIO Event Service (SOAVES)
Once every package’s installation is finished, there’s a chance for the Program Compatibility Assistant to pop up indicating the following message:
Program Compatibility Assistant
This program might not have installed correctly
If this program didn’t install correctly, try reinstalling using settings that are compatible with this version of Windows.
Program: SOAVES-70192615-US
Publisher: Sony Corporation of America
Location: D:InstallDriversSony …SOAVES-70192615-US.exe
Reinstall using recommended settings
This program installed correctly
Carefully select This program installed correctly.
VAIO gurus suggest a restart once each one of the drivers and utilities finished installing, just to keep the VAIO software team happy.
Please note the four-tier installation order is crucial, and refusal to adhere to the installation order results in partial response of your Fn combinative keys:
- A friend’s Sony VAIO VGN-SZ650N had only Fn+F2 (mute), Fn+F3 (volume down), and Fn+F4 (volume up) functioning—leaving Fn+F5 (brightness decrement), Fn+F6 (brightness increment), and Fn+F7 (monitor switching) not working at all. With no brightness control and sticking to maximum screen brightness, his precious Sony VAIO SZ Series has become an eyestraining piece of gadget.
- Another friend wasn’t just able to increase or decrease the screen brightness of her Sony VAIO VGN-FZ290N using Fn+F5 / Fn+F6 ever since she has installed Windows 7, even though she’s been proud of installing everything Sony had to offer to download at its esupport website! Told her most of the packages she’s been installing were dispensable bloatware.
Also please note if all or some portion of these 4 packages have previously existed on your current Windows 7 installation, or even you’re suspicious about it, take no chances, and directly jump to the removal procedure described below.
Fixing a Hasty Disorganized Installation
You need to remove any instances of the aforementioned software installed previously, before methodically installing them fresh:
- Leave Sony Firmware Extension Parser (SFEP) Device Driver alone. There’s no need to trace its footprints, and no uninstallation is required.
- Utilizing Control PanelProgramsPrograms and FeaturesUninstall a program, locate and uninstall VAIO Event Service and restart your VAIO’s Windows.
- Utilizing Control PanelProgramsPrograms and FeaturesUninstall a program, locate and uninstall Setting Utility Series and restart your VAIO’s Windows.
- Sony Shared Library doesn’t leave any uninstall traces in Program and FeaturesUninstall a program. Using the file listing appendix, locate and delete its files (i.e., %ProgramFiles%Common FilesSony SharedSony Utilities, etc.)
Appendix: Sony Software Folders File Listing
Sony Shared Library
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedVersion.txt
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedSony UtilitiesData.prof
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedSony UtilitiesMatch.prof
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedSony UtilitiesSnyUtils.dll
Setting Utility Series
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesAppMonitorSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesAutoDimmerSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesBatteryCare.exe
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesDisplaySetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesHDDProtectionSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesInputSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesLEDSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesPowerViewSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesSBMsg.exe
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesSBRes.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesSpecialButtonSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesSUSCommonSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesSUSLaunchStartDes.exe
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesSystemSetting.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesVCCChecker.dll
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesVCCMouseButton.exe
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesVersion.txt
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USAppMonitorSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USAutoDimmerSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USBatteryCare.exe.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-UScolormode.chm
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USDisplay.chm
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USDisplaySetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USHDDProtection.chm
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USHDDProtectionSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USInputSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USLEDSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USPerform.chm
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USPointingDevice.chm
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USPowerViewSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USSBRes.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USSbutton.chm
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USSpecialButtonSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USSystemSetting.dll.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USVCCMouseButton.exe.mui
C:Program FilesSonySetting Utility SeriesEN-USzoombutton.chm
VAIO Event Service
Sony Vaio Drivers Windows 7 64 Bit
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceActivation.exe
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceInterop.NETWORKLIST.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemfc80u.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemsvcp70.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemsvcp71.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemsvcp80.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemsvcr70.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemsvcr71.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicemsvcr80.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceNWMultiTouch.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event Servicepi.wav
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceRKConfig.ini
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVersion.txt
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESAppMon.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESAutoDimmer.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESBasePS.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESColorMgr.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESCommonUI.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESConfig.ini
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESGfxMgr.exe
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESHidDevice.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESHybridGfx.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESKBStatus.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESMgr.exe
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESMgrSub.exe
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESMgrSubPS.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESPerform.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESRemoteKey.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESRes.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESSetGamma.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESShellExeProxy.exe
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESStorageProtect.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESSuEvent.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESTransform.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESUSBKeyboard.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESWndMsg.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVESWndMsgHook.dll
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceVideoColorControl.exe
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceAPPMONITORAppMonitor.xml
C:Program FilesSonyVAIO Event ServiceAPPMONITORAppMonitorSchema.xsd
C:Program FilesCommon FilesSony SharedSSOSrvSSOSrv.dll
Drivers and Utilities [Updated November 20, 2009]
The file listing revised for the new files Sony’s been providing for download at its Windows 7 selection of VAIO Support pages:
Sony Firmware Extension Parser Device Driver v8.0.1.1, 10/7/2009
- SODOTH-70187337-32.exe (FZ Series)
- SODOTH-70187339-32.exe (SZ Series)
Sony Shared Library v5.4.0.05200, 10/5/2009
- SOASSL-70189398-US.exe
Usb Driver For Windows 10
Setting Utility Series v5.0.0.07280, 11/18/2009
- SOASUS-70201315-US.exe
VAIO Event Service v5.0.0.07130, 10/6/2009
- SOAVES-70192615-US.exe
Sony Vaio Windows 8 Download
Tested the new files on an SZ, and the solution still works.