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Installing Microsoft Windows 8 Professional on a Sony VAIO SB Series (VPCSB19GG)

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Sony Vaio SB19

I have just gone through the experience of upgrading a Sony VAIO SB Series laptop (model VPCSB19GG) from Windows 7 Professional 64-bit to Windows 8 Pro 64-bit. There are a bunch of threads on how to do this on various websites, but this is how I got a clean install working for this model with all of the features of the laptop working (including the troublesome function keys for brightness and Bluetooth functionality).

The core page on the Sony Australia website for this model is: http://www.sony.com.au/support/product/vpcsb19gg

The order of the steps is important:

  1. Do a clean install of Windows 8 Pro (I left the restore partitions on the machine and installed from a USB key – you may need to adjust the BIOS which you can access by pressing F2 at boot)
  2. Once installed, Windows 8 pro will activate automatically
  3. Install the AMD Graphics driver (Graphics Driver (AMD) version 9.1.0.0 for Windows 8 Upgrade – EP0000278443.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit > Software Patches
  4. Install the Fingerprint Driver (FingerPrint (Authentic) – AUDFPD-80275394-0082.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit > OS Upgrade / Downgrade
  5. Install the ALPS Pointing Driver (Pointing Driver (Alps) – ALDOTH-80275593-0082.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit > OS Upgrade / Downgrade
  6. Install the Sony Shared Library (Sony Shared Library – SOASSL-00240000-0040.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Original Driver
  7. Restart the PC
  8. Install the SFEP Driver (SFEP Driver – SFEPDriver.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Original Driver
  9. Restart the PC
  10. Install the Sony Notebook Utilities (Notebook Utilities – SOAOTH-55800000-0042.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Original Driver
  11. The Sony Notebook Utilities will restart the PC once and then restart after completion
  12. Install the VAIO Power Management Updater (VAIO Power Management Updater – SOAVPM-80270503-0082.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit > OS Upgrade / Downgrade
  13. Restart the PC
  14. Install the VAIO Smart Network (VAIO Smart Network – SOASNW-00242468-0042.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Original Driver. To install this particular software you need to use Uniextract to extract the files and then run the setup file in Windows 7 compatibility mode as well as an Administrator. This makes the Bluetooth work properly
  15. Restart the PC
  16. Install the Sony Vaio Control Centre (VAIO Control Center version 6.0.5.10150 for Windows 8 Upgrade – EP0000278194.exe) which can be found in Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit > Software Patches
  17. Restart the PC

You should check that the Notebook Utilities are still working at this point. You can then proceed to install the rest of the applications and Windows updates.

Episode 53: Merry Xmas Mumbles

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XmasIn this episode Tony, Craig and Renee once again meet in a dingy (and occasionally slightly noisy) cafe and discuss:

Quotes:

https://twitter.com/CFOAmerica/status/151739448269344768

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Episode 52: YOW! 2012 Retrospectives with Aino Vonge Corry

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Aino Vonge CorryIn this episode Craig and Renee talk to Aino Vonge Corry (@apaipi) at YOW! 2012 and discuss:

  • Retrospectives
  • Design patterns
  • Trojan retrospectives
  • Enterprise retrospective patterns
  • Retrospective facilitators – part of the team?
  • Distributed retrospectives (and a plug for Linoit)
  • The importance of acknowledging success and learning
  • Women in IT

Thankyou to the YOW! 2012 conference for inviting The Agile Revolution to record podcast interviews at the conference!

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Episode 50: YOW! 2012 Day 1 Wrap Up

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YOW! 2012Craig, Renee and Peter Sellars (from Auckland, New Zealand) talk about their first day at the YOW! 2012 Software Developer Conference, chatting about the speakers that they listened to and their thoughts on them including:

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The Next Chapter

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YOW! AustraliaI had hinted on Twitter and Facebook that it was time for the next chapter in my career. After almost 18 years with Suncorp and a myriad of roles in that time from software development, technical leadership and Agile coaching, it was time for a change.

Dave Thomas has always been a leader in the software development arena that I have always respected. We met in 2008 through a presentation and he gave at QUT and Suncorp and then through the international Agile conferences and the Brisbane JAOO / YOW! conferences.

When the opportunity came to work with Dave on YOW! Australia, it was an opportunity too good to pass up. So now I have put my contractor shoes on and will be working with YOW! Australia as their Director of Conferences and Workshops.

As for Agile Coaching, it is still very much my passion to help teams deliver great products, so I will be continuing to work in the Agile community as well.

Here is the post from the YOW! blog on my appointment.

We are very pleased to announce Craig Smith has joined the YOW! Team as its Director of Conferences and Workshops. Craig’s experience as a speaker, instructor, developer, workshop and conference organizer makes him the ideal person to work with the YOW! community, user groups and the technical community. Craig will be working closely with Dave, the YOW! Planning Committee and the global speaker network to ensure YOW! brings the right speakers to Australia. Craig will be at our final YOW! Night of 2012 with Greg Young, so please say hello. See you at YOW! 2012!

Dave Thomas

(This post was designed to come out in mid-November, but the workload in pulling off a conference like YOW! delayed it a little!)

Adam Weisbart on Agile Antipatterns and Tools to Make Agile Fun

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Adam Weisbart discusses making Agile fun, through the use of resources he has developed such as “Build Your Own Scrum”, “Retrospective Cookies”, “Update The Card Wall” and “Agile Antipatterns”.

Source: Adam Weisbart on Agile Antipatterns and Tools to Make Agile Fun

Agile Tour Circling All Corners Of The World

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Agile Tour is a yearly non-profit conference series that is hosted in a variety of cities worldwide throughout the months of October to December with the aim of connecting the Agile community. Now in its fifth year, the tour is currently making its way around the globe and is supported by both the Agile Alliance and the Scrum Alliance.

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Episode 49: Merry Manifesto Madness with Alistair Cockburn

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AlistairCockburnCraig and Renee lob around to Tony’ abode to interview his house guest, Alistair Cockburn. Alistair spends time:

  • denying a K Stew affair
  • answering what brings him to Australia
  • plugging his fantastic Advanced Agile Course
  • presenting his thoughts on where Agile is going
  • answering how the Agile Manifesto has shifted and whether the last line should be shifted earlier
  • talking about the simplicity principle
  • explaining the difficulty of Agile Organisational transformations
  • answering whether transformation that succeed better can be big-bang or have to evolve
  • discussing the sticky middle management layer where transformations become hard
  • ponderings on what is happening in the ICAgile space
  • generally taking the p*ss out of Renee, Tony and Craig

You can contact Alistair Cockburn for any work opportunities or Advanced Agile Training on totheralistair@gmail.com or totheralistair@aol.com.

You can contact Renee for any work opportunities or Agile 101 Training at renee@theagilerevolution.com.

Special thanks…

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Episode 48: Declan (Not Dexter)

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Declan WhelanAt Agile 2012 in Dallas, Texas, Craig chats with Declan Whelan, a Canadian Agile Coach at LeanIntuit, the CTO and co-founder of a new startup called Printchomp and a newly elected member of the Agile Alliance board. Amongst other things we talk about pair coaching, running a Lean Startup, the direction of the Agile Alliance and the future of Agile.

His talk at Agile 2012 (with Alistair McKinnell) was entitled “Simple Design Applied: Spend More Time Creating Valuable Code“. Look out for a longer video interview with Declan on InfoQ.

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Episode 47: $#*! Adam Weisbart Says

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Adam WesibartCraig chats with Adam Weisbart as he tries to enjoy his breakfast at Agile 2012 in Dallas, Texas. When not eating toast, he is creating awesome stuff for the Agile community at his website, teaching Scrum courses or coaching teams at CollabNet. His talk at Agile 2012 was entitled “Agile Antipatterns: The Agilist’s Guide to Traps, Tripwires and Treachery“. Look out for a longer video interview with Adam Weisbart on InfoQ.

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