Hi,

** i posted this in the drivers section - but not sure if it should go here**

Wonder if anyone can help with this - im completely stuck.

My dad received a hand me down Vaio but it was full of rubbish - so i reinstalled windows to start fresh. It all seemed ok - until i started loading on drivers. All the drivers i need are now on (i took screen grabs of its system devices before - they match now) but everytime i open the computer it crashes.
Specifically, the desktop starts - but you cant open anything / start any programs - then it wont respond.

Ive gone through all the drivers and checked they were up to date (using the package on Sonys website) - i cant figure out whats wrong.
Does anyone have any ideas?

Somone has mentioned the order you load the drivers on does make a difference, is that correct?

any help is greatly appreciated.

Sam

What was the source of the reinstall?

Did you use the Vaio reinstall function?

Loading the proper Operating System is the first step.

In other words Sony would require the Sony which is most likely on a restore partition.

If you were trying to install any other operating system the issues would be expected.

hi, OS was fine - the problem was actually the firewall.

I installed zonealarm before most of the drivers.. dont know if thats why.

Have uninstalled it and tried a different anti virus - now works a treat

Thanks for the update. Glad all is well.

Let us know if we can help further in the future.