topic Re: Vaio laptop windvd player out of date in PCs & Accessories

Vaio laptop windvd player out of date

jeacopel — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:05:36 GMT

Hi, My Vaio laptop blueray player recognises I have loaded a blueray disk but the windvd player is out of date. I tried to update it on the Sony website but when I enter my Vaio model number which is VGN-5W51JF this not recognised by their support so I seem to be up against a brick wall

My laptop is about 5 years old but I did make the backup disks when I bought it, which I still have.

can I use the disks to repair the windvd player, if so how would i go about it. Thanks in advance for any assistance it would be really appreciated

Ron

Re: Vaio laptop windvd player out of date

Blencogo — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:00:03 GMT

Hi jeacopel and welcome.

You are quoting an invalid Vaio model, which explains why you cannot find any updates.

Logically, I guess you must have a VGN-FW51JF and you can find support and downloads here: -

https://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/VGN-FW51JF

There appears to be two updates for WinDVD for both Vista and Windows 7 but these are from 2013 and I am not sure if these are the latest updates.

You should also receive notifications of all available updates automatically via Vaio Update - are you still getting update suggestions?

Re: Vaio laptop windvd player out of date

jeacopel — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:21:30 GMT

Blencogo thanks for you reply. You are right my model number is VGN-FW51JP with Windows 7 ooops my mistake. I followed your link to the correct support page but I am not seeing an update there for Windvd player.

There is an update for PBM Vaio Edition (video format setting) is this the one? I don`t know if this is relevant but I am from the UK.

I have not had many notifications from Vaio Update that I can recall but I might have missed them.

regards

jeacopel

Re: Vaio laptop windvd player out of date

Blencogo — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:05:10 GMT

Just below the PMB Vaio Edition there is a box that says "+ Show all downloads". Click on that and more downloads appear.

Re: Vaio laptop windvd player out of date

jeacopel — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:46:42 GMT

Hi Blencogo, got the update installed now by following your instructions so thanks again for your help.

regards

jeacopel